procurement

The centre block of the future HMCS Max Bernays sits at the Irving Shipbuilding facility in Halifax on Jan. 22, 2021 (CP/Andrew Vaughan)

It’s time to ban the buying of made-in-Canada warships

Scott Gilmore: Decades of waste and failure prove Canada is simply incapable of building ships for our navy. There’s only one way to end the insanity once and for all.

The feds really want a procurement win

But the government won’t get much credit until a big purchase goes right

Today’s headlines: When will Canada buy new helicopters?

The nearly elderly fleet of Sea Kings really just wants to retire

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The PBO and the ships

More questions about another procurement

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Meanwhile, at the Defence Department

The Citizen discovers why a military truck procurement was halted at the last minute.

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The buck stops where?

Donald Savoie considers the new process that oversaw the latest round of shipbuilding procurement.

The Commons: There must be something here to disagree about

The opposition pounces on the “fairness” with which the government issued its shipbuilding contracts

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Give or take a billion

The Parliamentary Budget Officer estimates a total price tag of $29.3-billion for new fighter jets.

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The enduring riddle of national security

Carl Meyer questions the latest claim of classified information.

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Risk management

CP discovers concerns about another multi-billion-dollar defence purchase.

The Commons: Sergeant Harper deploys his decibels

It won’t be long before Mr. Harper will appear here in a camouflage suit and beret

The Commons: Stephen Harper lets it all out

How the Chinook mess, among other things, dates back to a Liberal administration