Innovation Canada : Innovation Canada : le pouvoir d'agir : rapport spécial sur l'achat et l'approvisionnement

The Panel has also focussed on procurement because of the unique and unprecedented The main current and planned purchases opportunity of using the federal government’s for the Canadian Forces include the expenditure of $240 billion (publicly stated maritime helicopter project, the F35 Joint amount) on defence and security to increase Strike Fighter, Arctic/offshore patrol ships, the technological [...] In the past Regional Benefits." The report concluded that two decades, globalization and the end of the “given the very significant investments being cold war gave way to important consolidations made in new defence equipment, and the in the international defence sector. [...] The parliamentary spending Bills on Defence and French government, through the DGA, works in Security, however, have referenced the the interest of these companies and promotes importance of maintaining industrial capability the development and reinforcement of industrial in support of foreign, defence and trade policy. [...] The DGA is an active member in the More recently, there has been special focus on implementation of the French government’s the aerospace sector through a special working economic strategy and also has a regional group that presented to the government a economic action policy to promote the vision for the Swedish aerospace (defence) development of industrial capacity, namely industry and a strateg [...] France’s new emphasis on collaborating with other European nations in the development and For industrial offsets, the responsible authority is production of defence equipment, it appears to the Ministry of Defence and the program’s be a policy of collaboration à la carte, allowing policy objectives are to support the long-term it to maintain a foothold in all major defence protection of essential