A recent article in Esprit de Corps by Steve Staples and Josh Libben argues for an end to the close relationship between the Department of National Defence and the lobbyists of the Conference of Defence Associations.
Will CDA's DND funding continue?
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Will CDA’s DND funding continue?
A recent article in Esprit de Corps by Steve Staples and Josh Libben argues for an end to the close relationship between the Department of National Defence and the lobbyists of the Conference of Defence Associations.
More on F-35 costs
Billions on the F-35, $375,000 on office renovations: The Department of National Defence’s idea of fiscal restraint.
Maritime helicopter procurement flounders
Before the F-35 fiasco, there was the Maritime Helicopter Program, another disastrous, wasteful military procurement program. Whatever happened to that program? As David Pugliese reported earlier this month (“Sikorsky hasn’t paid $8M fine for late helicopter delivery,” Ottawa Citizen, 3 January 2012), we’re still waiting to get something out of it: The original plan called […]
Senior DND officials hid costs
The renovation of the former Nortel campus for the Department of National Defence has become the subject of controversy following the discovery that senior officials hid the price of the project from not only the public, but also the media and parliamentarians (David Pugliese, “Defence officials hid cost of Nortel campus renos,” Ottawa Citizen, 28 […]
Study says military spending not effective for job creation
Dollar-for-dollar, money spent on domestic spending priorities such as healthcare, clean energy, and education creates a greater number of jobs than defence spending, according to a study done by the University of Massachusetts’ Political Economy Research Institute. Researchers Robert Pollin and Heidi Garrett-Peltier arrived at this conclusion by projecting the number of direct, indirect, and […]