The Harper government’s hiring freeze has delayed the purchase of new search-and-rescue aircraft.
Harper’s cuts delay search & rescue replacement
Tag Archives: Search and rescue
Parliamentary outreach program canned
The Canadian Forces outreach program that invited Senators and Members of Parliament to military units and bases has been discontinued.
Report on FWSAR procurement
A new report calls on the government to replace the Canadian Fixed-Wing Search and Rescue (FWSAR) fleet in a timely and objective manner and proposes that a number of made-in-Canada aircraft be considered to fulfill Canada’s search and rescue requirements.
Search and Rescue needs rescue
Canada needs new fixed-wing search-and-rescue (FWSAR) aircraft. But the Department of National Defence keeps on bungling the procurement process.