The government’s plan to purchase 108 Close Combat Vehicles is finally dead.
Close Combat Vehicle cancelled


The government’s plan to purchase 108 Close Combat Vehicles is finally dead.

Canada’s international reputation is in tatters, and Harper’s government is willing to put millions of people’s lives at risk by undermining global peace and disarmament efforts.

The Canadian government’s plan to procure Close Combat Vehicles continues to be plagued by problems.

Questions continue to swirl around the planned $2-billion procurement of Close Combat Vehicles for the Canadian Army.

Canada should be wary of its relationship to the defence industry, especially in regard to the American defence firm Lockheed Martin, U.S. expert William D. Hartung warns.

A new report released by the Rideau Institute and the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives questions the wisdom of the Harper government’s $2-billion plan to purchase Close Combat Vehicles for the Canadian Forces.