The data ‘highlights a real and growing gap between the federal government’s legal needs and its in-house capacity,’ says Gregory Harlow, president of the Association of Justice Counsel.
It’s unlikely that the Air Force’s pilot shortage will be rectified by the 2030s, and the global security situation will allow Canada the luxury of standing up another Snowbird squadron for the express purpose of astonishing onlookers at airshows.
‘It’s a shot across the bow. The U.S. administration has clearly been watching the PM’s moves on defence and has concludes that there’s too much talk and too little action,’ says defence expert Christian Leuprecht.
‘Remaining concerns around training and contract‑data reporting make it clear that stronger oversight is still needed,’ says NDP MP Don Davies.
If Ottawa meaningfully partners with Alberta’s growing aerospace and defence sector, and Canada’s other defence innovation hubs, it will go a long way to making the new industrial strategy a success.
Its software replacement will fail again if the government doesn’t address the root causes: lack of flexibility and connectivity with existing systems.
Despite the current policy, Canadian content requirements wouldn’t necessarily apply to the upcoming Via Rail contract since its process began in 2024.
Changing the Defence Production Act so that it transfers powers to a new minister won’t necessarily create the promised single point of accountability, says Troy Crosby, a former top procurement official at National Defence.
PSPC says it has identified so far a total of $5.5-million in improper billing and recovered $4.8-million to date.
Public Services and Procurement Canada says shaving three years off the timeline to bring Dayforce online won’t cut into time for testing and stabilizing the new system before it’s applied throughout the public service.
Procurement Ombud Alexander Jeglic told MPs on April 16 that revisiting the issue in the usual two-year timeline would make his office ‘part of that failure’ already plaguing the Procurement Strategy for Indigenous Business.
The Defence Industrial Strategy recognizes the importance of intellectual property to sovereignty, but observers say the government does not seem to have a solid plan to implement its goals.
Effective battlefield cybersecurity starts far from the front lines; it starts in the defence supply chain.
According to the DND press release, more than 80 per cent of the components used in these rifles will be produced in Canada.
The ongoing helicopter saga demonstrates how delays, political interference, and cancellations all cost the taxpayer, and negatively affect the combat capability of the Canadian Armed Forces.
The Air Force brass are signalling that they intend to proceed with only the F-35 even as our prime minister tries to use this deal to leverage trade negotiations with the U.S.
Ensuring Indigenous participation is built into projects from the start will determine whether this new era of nation-building strengthens Canada’s economy for everyone.
Federal departments and agencies have a mandate to award at least five per cent of the total value of federal contracts to Indigenous-owned and led businesses, but departmental reporting overstated the actual benefit to Indigenous businesses, says the Office of the Procurement Ombud.
DND may have somehow spent nearly $20-million more buying guns in bulk from Colt Canada than they would have spent buying them individually from the manufacturer.
The German automaker ‘focuses on what makes sense for us,’ says a Volkswagen Group spokesperson, which Canadian industry leaders say is unsurprising given the ‘high stakes’ of the negotiations.
Senior government official Alex Benay says he’s ‘pretty comfortable’ the Phoenix pay system can handle the ‘volume’ of severance payouts as the public service faces a swell job cuts.
Marine sensing systems, Arctic surveillance infrastructure, autonomous vessels, AI-enabled maritime platforms, and shipbuilding capacity are foundational to Canada’s sovereignty and economic resilience.
Despite new reports Ottawa is considering splitting the contract for 12 new submarines, Vice-Admiral Angus Topshee says it’s more efficient to have one supplier, but notes that the Navy does and can operate mixed fleets and would follow whatever decision the government makes.
If the U.S. wants a reliable, non-Chinese source of tungsten for its arms industry, Canada should invest in securing a domestic supply for all of our NATO allies.
Carney’s Defence Industrial Strategy may deliver short-term gains, but it could compromise long-term policy and economic coherence.
