Big-ticket items such as the planned F-35 purchase tend to get the headlines, but smaller examples of wasteful military spending are also important.
$21 for a bag of concrete
Staples testifies on DND spending
Steven Staples of the Rideau Institute testified before the House of Commons Standing Committee on National Defence on Thursday, 9 February 2012 on the subject of Canadian defence policy and military spending.
Byers & Webb: F-35 a costly mistake
Michael Byers and Stewart Webb argue that the Harper government should consider alternatives to the planned F-35 fighter-bomber purchase.
Byers & Webb: F-35 a costly mistake
Michael Byers and Stewart Webb argue that the Harper government should consider alternatives to the planned F-35 fighter-bomber purchase.
Unbalancing refugee reform
When the Balanced Refugee Reform Act came up for discussion in parliament in 2010, the then-minority Harper government was forced to compromise with the opposition parties in order to get the legislation passed. But that was then. It looks like those compromises may be about to be revisited.
Return of the five o'clock follies
More happy-talk about the war in Afghanistan.