The early indications are already showing, though, that the incremental improvements outlined to make this happen will at best only incrementally increase Canada’s ability to spend defence dollars. For Strong, Secure, Engaged to be realized, Canada needs a paradigm shift in our approach to defence procurement which would require some combination of major increases in capacity and competency (both at defence and across government), major changes to the institutional arrangements for procuring capital projects and major changes to procurement processes. Without serious change of this sort, Strong, Secure, Engaged will not be implemented as intended.
With only one year’s worth of incomplete data, and with Strong, Secure, Engaged not released until June of 2017, the results are troubling as they call into question the policy’s overall realism and its spending plans.
Grab a coffee.
"Canada needs a paradigm shift in our approach to defence procurement which would require some combination of major increases in capacity and competency"
ReplyDeleteI think that means nothing is going to change until they get a lot smarter and grow a set.