What’s Canada Buying? – February 27, 2013
- Big Honkin’ Ships (1) Canadian defence think tank report asks “How much trouble is the National Shipbuilding Procurement strategy in?” – check out the report (PDF) here
- Big Honkin’ Ships (2) Meanwhile, “Parliamentary Budget Officer Kevin Page will pull the curtains open on the Harper government’s $35-billion shipbuilding plan Thursday with a new report expected to identify major concerns with the vaunted procurement strategy ….”
- Big Honkin’ Ships (3) Public Works Minister in the House on Big Honkin’ Ship work (and estimates of 7-11% inflation in the figures): “…. we have allocated $33 billion for the procurement of new ships that will be built in Halifax and Vancouver. The member also knows that those cost estimates come from military planners. In fact, I believe that the member posed that question to those very experts on this issue at committee, and he was satisfied at that time with their answer. However, I will reiterate that those cost estimates do come from military planners. They involve the oversight of auditors and cost estimators at the Department of National Defence and, of course, oversight by Treasury Board Secretariat ….”
- From the Info-machine: “Mr. Chris Alexander, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of National Defence, …. addressed the International Outlook forum hosted by the Canadian Association of Defence and Security Industries, highlighting the importance of the defence and security industries in protecting our men and women in uniform and in supporting the Canadian economy. “Our defence and security industries are key to ensuring that we have a modern military that can protect and defend Canadians well into the future, while at the same time driving economic prosperity here at home through the development of export markets,” said Mr. Alexander. “Exports are a critical component of the defence and security industry, promoting innovation, competitiveness and creating high value jobs for Canadians.” ….”
- Wanted: (up to) 12 x four-wheeled “light utility vehicles” for delivery to Petawawa
- Wanted: 22K loaves of bread, 16.5K bags of rolls, 1.2K bags of bagels, 300 packages of tortillas and 150 packages of pita bread for CFB Gagetown – breakdown of how much of what kinds of bread, rolls & bagels here
Written by milnewsca
27 February 13 at 12:15
Posted in Big Honkin' Ships, What's Canada Buying?
