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Media coverage: “The worst procurement in the history of Canada”
February 14, 2013
The release of “The worst procurement in the history of Canada”: Solving the maritime helicopter crisis, co-produced by Rideau Institute and the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives and written by Michael Byers and Stewart Webb, garnered media attention this week, and helped to bring forth two questions in the House of Commons on February 11, […]
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Byers and Webb op-ed: A government blunder teaches us how not to buy helicopters
February 12, 2013
The National Post February 11, 2013 The botched procurement of F-35 stealth fighter jets has attracted much attention, and rightly so at $40-billion and counting. But the F-35s are not the ugliest example of Defence Department incompetence. That dubious honour belongs to the Sikorsky CH-148 Cyclone maritime helicopter, which, as Defence Minister Peter MacKay himself […]
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Byers and Webb op-ed: Five decades, two contracts and still no helicopters for Canada
February 12, 2013
The Globe and Mail February 11, 2013 “The worst procurement in the history of Canada” was how Defence Minister Peter MacKay described the effort to replace the Navy’s Sea King helicopters in July 2012. He was right about that, and wrong not to accept some of the blame. The effort to replace the Sea Kings […]
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CF Readiness: “Ready for what?”
February 26, 2012
Remarks by Steven Staples, President of the Rideau Institute, to the House of Commons Standing Committee on National Defence (NDDN) as part of its study on the readiness of the Canadian Forces.
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