‘A growing gap between funding and outcomes,’ says defence union as feds push to spend billions in defence procurement
'If we do not fix the system, its structure, its accountability and its capacity, we risk sending money out the door that does not achieve outcomes for our country,' says June Winger, national president of the Union of National Defence Employees.
As the federal government moves ahead on its $81-billion defence spending pledge, there is a “growing gap between funding and outcomes,” as well as staffing and capacity issues in military procurement, says the union responsible for defence employees.
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