Some error occured while loading the Quick View. Please close the Quick View and try reloading the page.
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.
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.
Price: $19.99
Pages: 200
Publisher: Dundurn Press
Imprint: A J. Patrick Boyer Book
Series: Point of View
Publication Date:
03 January 2017
Trim Size: 8.00 X 5.00 in
ISBN: 9781459736757
Format: Paperback
BISACs:
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Military Policy, Military administration, HISTORY / Military / Weapons, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Commentary & Opinion, Military & defence strategy, Weapons & equipment
Kim Richard Nossal has written a perceptive and invaluable analysis of the “mess” that for too long has characterized the Canadian military procurement process. By focusing on the broader policy and political context he provides insightful explanations for Ottawa’s chronic inability to acquire weapons in a timely and fiscally responsible manner and offers compellingly credible recommendations of what needs to be done to make it right. Charlie Foxtrot should elicit an enthusiastic “Bravo Zulu”, very well done indeed, from those in and out of uniform who are concerned about the future of the Canadian Armed Forces.
In this superbly researched, well-structured, easy-to-read book, Kim Richard Nossal provides us with a masterful analysis of what has plagued Canadian defence procurement for many decades. Policy makers are well-advised to pay close attention to what he has to say! While one might not necessarily agree with all of his recommendations, there is no argument that Nossal’s timely contribution fills a crucial gap in our collective understanding of an otherwise “messy” defence procurement business and the strains it creates on our under-funded, yet superbly led, Canadian Armed Forces. Definitely a worthwhile read!
Worth reading to understand how much Canada would benefit if its leaders confounded voters and actually took the high road.
Throughout Canadian history, the story of defence procurement has more often than not been characterized by massive inefficiency and waste. Exactly why this should be so is rarely looked at outside specialist circles, which makes a brief and very readable book by Queen’s University political scientist Kim Richard Nossal worth noting.
An engaging and interesting read. It’s insightful and intimate. Nossal is quite knowledgeable about what was going on behind the government curtain during most of the procurement process.
In this superbly researched, well-structured, easy-to-read book, Kim Richard Nossal provides us with a masterful analysis of what has plagued Canadian defence procurement for many decades. Policy makers are well-advised to pay close attention to what he has to say! While one might not necessarily agree with all of his recommendations, there is no argument that Nossal’s timely contribution fills a crucial gap in our collective understanding of an otherwise “messy” defence procurement business and the strains it creates on our under-funded, yet superbly led, Canadian Armed Forces. Definitely a worthwhile read!
Worth reading to understand how much Canada would benefit if its leaders confounded voters and actually took the high road.
Throughout Canadian history, the story of defence procurement has more often than not been characterized by massive inefficiency and waste. Exactly why this should be so is rarely looked at outside specialist circles, which makes a brief and very readable book by Queen’s University political scientist Kim Richard Nossal worth noting.
An engaging and interesting read. It’s insightful and intimate. Nossal is quite knowledgeable about what was going on behind the government curtain during most of the procurement process.
Kim Richard Nossal is a professor of political studies at Queen’s University. He is a former editor of International Journal, a former president of the Canadian Political Science Association, and author of a number of works on Canada's foreign and defence policy. From 2006 to 2012, he chaired the academic selection committee of the Security and Defence Forum of the Department of National Defence.
Foreword
Introduction
1 Getting It Wrong: A Century of Defence Procurement Messes
2 Getting It All Wrong: The Sea King and F-35 Fiascos
3 Explaining the Mess
4 Reforming the System?
5 Fixing Defence Procurement in Canada
Conclusion Getting It Right
Postscript
Abbreviations and Acronyms
Notes
Introduction
1 Getting It Wrong: A Century of Defence Procurement Messes
2 Getting It All Wrong: The Sea King and F-35 Fiascos
3 Explaining the Mess
4 Reforming the System?
5 Fixing Defence Procurement in Canada
Conclusion Getting It Right
Postscript
Abbreviations and Acronyms
Notes