I read this stuff, and I feel sick.
Globe & Mail - Saijan to lower expectations for future military purchases
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In particular, defence officials said there are 18 major projects, which are all essential to the continuing operations of the Armed Forces, that are currently unfunded. As such, any future budget increases awarded to the Department of National Defence would have to go to these projects rather than to new purchases that will be called for in the defence policy review.
The unfunded projects include a replacement fleet for Canada’s decades-old Aurora aircraft, new communications satellites for the Arctic, new military-grade bulldozers and new refuelling trucks. All together, these projects are worth well more than $10-billion, with additional needs to train CAF members.
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It is just so depressing. Hopefully, this turns into more of a scandal, and into an election issue, but you can just feel the malaise rolling off this government when it comes to the CAF.