"Procuring developmental equipment can bring unique risks and challenges. In our opinion, the experience with the acquisition of the F-35 has potential lessons for development and acquisition of other military equipment."
-- Section 2.83, 2012 Spring Report of the Auditor General of Canada
A fascinating saga of politics playing havoc with military procurement, The Politics of Procurement explores the history of Canadian weapons procurement process since Confederation. His account of the bungled attempts to procure the Sea King helicopter's replacement reveals that partisan politics, rather than a clear desire to increase the military's capabilities, has driven Canada's military procurement process.
"Defence Minister Peter MacKay is promising "increased oversight and much increased dialogue" in the process of replacing Canada's aging fleet of CF-18 fighter jets after the auditor general recently slammed the government's cost figures for purchasing controversial F-35 aircraft."
-- CBC News, April 10
"No one comes out of the F-35 affair smelling like a rose. Mr. MacKay undoubtedly made mistakes in overselling the aircraft, and Gen. Natynzcyk likely did as well. But it would be a miscarriage of justice if these two lost their heads to the vengeful axe demanded by an aroused media, and the deputy minister and his civilian bureaucrats escaped unscathed."
-- J.L. Granatstein, The Globe and Mail, April 10
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Panelists Bruce Granville Miller, Sophie McCall, and Darlene Johnston and moderatory Linc Kesler explore how oral narratives might be treated in the long process from their transmission by one person to another, their placement in archives, their handling by Crown and tribal/band researchers, their performance in a courtroom, and finally to their evaluation by trial judges as forms of evidence.
Canada's Voice The Public Life of John Wendell Holmes
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Holmes is a man worth remembering, and this book has done an exceptional job of putting the spotlight on him. Holmes, in the realm of modern foreign policy, truly was "Canada's Voice."
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