Download or read book Reinventing Canadian Defence Procurement written by Alan S. Williams and published by Published for Breakout Educational Network and the School of Policy Studies, Queen's University by McGill-Queen's University Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a comprehensive study of the defence-procurement environment and the legislative and regulatory framework that governs the process, Alan Williams argues that an inoperable procurement process has led to the near disarmament of the Canadian Forces, the collapse of national defence policy, and a system compromised by bureaucracy and conflicting interests. The only way to fix these problems, says Williams, is to completely reinvent the system of defence procurement, from the roles of various people and organizations to the process itself. Williams also examines questions surrounding efficiency, accountability, and the motivations of politicians and bureaucrats in defence spending. He provides an exhaustive examination of a complex and vital process - a virtual roadmap for a reconstruction that would allow Canada's defence spending to support national security and the Canadian Forces.
Download or read book Canada s Defence Procurement Woes written by Jeffrey F. Collins and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-12-15 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book challenges the perceived underlying causes and culprits of the ongoing challenges in Canadian defence procurement, arguing that although headlines often put the blame on the political leadership, the defence procurement bureaucracy, ongoing pressures in the defence industry and continuous demands placed on Canada though its alliances also carry a large part of the responsibility. Focusing on four main case studies: the Fixed Wing Search and Rescue Plane, the Joint Support Ships, the Medium Support Vehicle System and the Halifax Class Modernization, the author offers a comparative analysis of how these ongoing procurement efforts were dealt with by different administrations, from Jean Chrétien and Paul Martin to Stephen Harper.
Download or read book Charlie Foxtrot written by Kim Richard Nossal and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2016-12-10 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Defence expert Kim Richard Nossal presents a damning indictment of defence procurement in Canada, and shows how to fix it. Defence procurement in Canada is a mess. New equipment is desperately needed for the Canadian Armed Forces, but most projects are behind schedule, over budget, or both. Not only has mismanagement cost Canadian taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars, it has also deprived Canada and the CAF of much-needed military capacity. Successive governments — both Liberal and Conservative — have managed the complexities of defence procurement so poorly that it will take years before the Royal Canadian Navy, the Royal Canadian Air Force, and the Canadian Army regain the capabilities they need. While new prime ministers invariably come to power promising to fix problems inherited from their predecessors, getting it right has remained frustratingly elusive. Charlie Foxtrot offers a fresh take on this important policy issue. It shows why governments have found it so difficult to equip the CAF efficiently, and offers a set of political prescriptions for fixing defence procurement in Canada.
Download or read book Procurement and Politics written by Andrea Migone and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-06-21 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This open access book compares the experiences of large-scale military procurement in Canada and Australia. Focusing on the recent frigate and jet-fighter programmes, it demonstrates how delays suffered in delivering weapons systems and platforms in these countries have been caused by misalignments between the strategic requirements set out by the armed forces and government defence policies. By bringing the insights of public management and administration to those of defence studies, the book presents policy options that will help improve the nature of future large-project military procurement. It will appeal to scholars and students of public administration, public management, and defence studies, as well as practitioners and policymakers.
Download or read book Canadian Defence Procurement Strategy written by G. Doiron and published by . This book was released on 20?? with total page 67 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Politics of Procurement written by Aaron Plamondon and published by UBC Press. This book was released on 2010-07-01 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1993, Canada’s Liberal Party cancelled an order to replace the Sea King maritime helicopter. The Liberals claimed the Tory plan was too expensive, but the cancellation itself actually cost taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars. The incident drew public attention to the waste in Canada’s defence spending and to the under-equipped state of its military. Aaron Plamondon ties the bungled attempts to replace the Sea King – before and since 1993 – to the evolution of the weapons procurement process in Canada since Confederation. He reveals that partisan politics, rather than a desire to increase the military’s capabilities, has driven the nation’s policy-makers.
Download or read book Procurement Study written by Canada. Parliament. House of Commons. Standing Committee on National Defence and Veterans Affairs and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Canadian Defence Policy in Theory and Practice Volume 2 written by Thomas Juneau and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-09-30 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edited volume, the second volume in this collection, provides a comprehensive overview of contemporary debates and issues in Canadian defence policy studies. The contributors examine topics including sexual misconduct and the crisis of defence culture, personnel retention in the CAF, the impacts of climate change, NORAD modernization, policy trade-offs in the wake of the war in Ukraine, defence spending, procurement, as well as the defence policy making process.
Download or read book What Canada Could Learn from U S Defence Procurement written by Anessa L. Kimball and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 13 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite differences in scale, Canada and the U.S. face common challenges in military procurement and there is much Canada can learn as both countries pursue reforms. The U.S. employs a system of systems approach, based on requirements, resource allocation and acquisition. The process begins with the Joint Capabilities and Development System, focused on identifying and prioritizing needs and assessing alternatives. This is followed by the Planning, Programming, Budgeting and Execution System, which leads to the creation of a budget and provides guidance for the project's execution. The third and final step is the Defense Acquisition System, which oversees the development and purchase of the new equipment. While deceptively simple in summary, U.S. defence procurement is dogged by problems -- particularly cost overruns, a surfeit of key players and delayed schedules which degrade troops' performance in the field. Additionally, the defence products market is restricted, inevitably limiting competition, encouraging misbehaviour on the part of business and driving up prices. The DoD is in the midst of consultations with contractors and Congress is undertaking an effort to rewrite acquisition laws. But the most pressing questions remain: Does a best procurement practice exist? If so, what criteria define it? In light of Canada's new Defence Procurement Strategy (DPS), some lessons are clear. Further analysis is needed to figure out whether reforms can succeed in so narrow a marketplace. More attention must be paid to shaping contracts and clarifying expectations about sticking to schedules. And Ottawa must think carefully about the military's needs, as it pushes ahead with the DPS. In surveying change at the DoD, this brief draws pointed conclusions to which Canada's defence planners must pay heed, if they're to leave the military stronger than they found it.
Download or read book Canadian Defence Policy in Theory and Practice written by Thomas Juneau and published by Palgrave Macmillan. This book was released on 2019-09-19 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edited volume provides a comprehensive overview of contemporary debates and issues in Canadian defence policy studies. The contributors examine topics including the development of Canadian defence policy and strategic culture, North American defence cooperation, gender and diversity in the Canadian military, and defence procurement and the defence industrial base. Emphasizing the process of defence policy-making, rather than just the outcomes of that process, the book focuses on how political and organizational interests impact planning, as well as the standard operating procedures that shape Canadian defence policy and practices.
Download or read book Canada s Defence Procurement Strategy written by Charles Davies and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 15 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Canadian Defence Industry in the New Global Environment written by Alistair D. Edgar and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 1995 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The defence industry in Canada is facing serious challenges. Declining defence expenditures, protectionism in Canada's principal markets, political resistance, and escalating costs of weapons technology all threaten it. The Canadian Defence Industry in the New Global Environment is a thorough examination and assessment of the problems and prospects of the industry given the recent dramatic changes that have transformed the international security environment.
Download or read book The Evolution of Defence Procurement in Canada written by and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'In Canada, defence procurement involves several federal departments and agencies: the Department of National Defence (DND); Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC); Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED); and the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat (TBS). Each department and agency is responsible for different stages of the defence procurement process. This paper examines the evolution of defence procurement in Canada by focusing on two questions: When did Canada adopt its multi-departmental approach to defence procurement, which is unique from a global perspective, and why did it choose to do so? How did defence procurement occur in Canada before the adoption of this approach, and what lessons can be learned from those past experiences for the future of Canadian defence procurement?'--Introduction, page 1.
Download or read book Towards an International Model for Canadian Defence Procurement An F 35 Case Study written by Richard Shimooka and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Canada s Defence Procurement Strategy written by Martin Auger and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Evolution of Defence Procurement in Canada written by Martin F. Auger and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 17 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Evolution of Defence Procurement in Canada written by Martin F. Auger and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 31 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
