The Trudeau government in 2017 released a defence policy that included dramatic increases in the amount of money to be spent on new military equipment to replace other aging craft
CF-18 Hornets fly in formation on their the departure for Operation IMPACT, in Cold Lake, Alta., on Oct. 21, 2014.The federal government will invest billions of dollars less in new military equipment than promised this year, raising concerns about the readiness of the Canadian Forces and the prospect that Canada will fall short on another NATO spending target.
The government spent $2.3 billion less than planned last year, largely because of delays in projects such as the government’s huge plan to buy new warships, though also because some things ended up costing less than expected. “There are going to be some slowdowns by us,” she said, adding: “If money isn’t moving quite quickly enough because of a problem with a particular supply chain, a particular supplier, a contract, the way we’ve defined a project, we work with industry to try to resolve that.”
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