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Welcome to Debating Canadian Defence! This newsletter will discuss Canadian defence issues of the day. I'll mostly address matters that are in the media, along with procurement announcements and developments. What will readers get out of this newsletter
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The Requirements Debate Returns (opens the original)
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Military requirements are creating friction between ministers and the CAF. As readers with long-ish memories will recall, requirements contributed to a number of procurement tensions from the early 2000s to the mid-2010s. Projects such as fixed-wing search and rescue, the joint support ship, and the fighter replacement were hindered by disagreements about the importance, trade-offs, and costs associated with their technical requirements.Concerns that the CAF was Canadianizing or ‘gold plating’ r
Risk Aversion and Ministerial Responsibility (opens the original)
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Canadian defence procurement needs to be less risk averse. Pointing this out has become a truism, one that’s quickly evolving into a cliché. Yet that doesn’t make it any less important. Canada needs to acquire capabilities with greater agility and speed to keep up with growing threats and rapidly evolving technologies, especially if we want to develop them here at home. That involves taking more chances and accepting inevitable flaws and failures along the way.Saying that Canada should be less r
Practical Certificate in Canadian Defence Procurement (opens the original)
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NPSIA-PT&D is pleased to announce the pilot offering of our Practical Certificate in Canadian Defence Procurement with yours truly and company, this coming December 2026.Join us for this timely, 2-day program where we provide an overview of Canadian Defence procurement from the perspective of government and industry. It will provide participants with an in-depth understanding of the Defence procurement process, how government officials approach Defence procurement and the challenges involved, ho
Tortoise beats hare (opens the original)
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Germany’s TKMS is reportedly Canada’s preferred submarine bidder. Canada will, in all likelihood, be joining Germany and Norway in building and operating the Type 212CD submarine.As previously noted, TKMS was confident going into this competition. They’re a leading submarine exporter, and Germany and Norway are Canada’s NATO allies. TKMS refused
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