Trade tribunal urges feds to redo multimillion-dollar defence bid after ‘valid’ complaint it favoured U.S. supplier

A new Canadian International Trade Tribunal ruling backs the complaint that highly restrictive technical requirements to supply night-vision binoculars effectively excluded all potential bidders except one American supplier.

Defence Minister David McGuinty previously said he would 'look into' the terms of the contract before the Canadian International Trade Tribunal called for the government to put a hold on the procurement.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY IREM KOCA

November 18, 2025

The Canadian International Trade Tribunal is asking the government to change its criteria and reissue a multimillion-dollar bid for military night-vision binoculars after finding that the original terms favoured an American supplier over Canadian and European firms.

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