Feds ‘bypass’ competitive processes, add ‘unnecessary bureaucracy’ in new Defence Investment Agency, say opposition MPs, but Fuhr’s office says it’s ‘improving accountability’
'This legislation would substantially expand the federal government’s ability to bypass competitive procurement processes and concentrate significant power in a single minister,' says NDP defence critic Don Davies.
The federal government’s new legislation for multibillion-dollar military acquisitions under the new Defence Investment Agency expands the not-yet-appointed new minister’s powers, and bypasses procurement guardrails, say opposition MPs.
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