‘Unprecedented’: Crown corp model for Defence Investment Agency raises oversight questions with multibillion-dollar contracts in play

'Putting a Crown corporation in charge of something as fundamental as defence procurement, and involving tens of billions in taxpayer dollars, is unprecedented and a leap of faith,' says Eugene Lang, a former chief of staff to two ministers of national defence.
Doug Guzman, left, with Prime Minister Mark Carney, centre, and Secretary of State Stephen Fuhr. Guzman was appointed as the CEO of Defence Investment Agency in 2025 for a three-year term.

The federal government’s proposed legislation setting up the Defence Investment Agency as a Crown corporation in charge of billions of dollars in procurement is an “unprecedented” move that raises questions over accountability, warn former senior public servants as opp...

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