The Liberal government says the office tasked with making major purchases for the military is about to be upgraded to give it new independence and oversight.
Prime Minister Mark Carney’s spring economic update pledges to introduce new legislation to increase the authority and budget of that office — and to put under the oversight of a “new minister.”
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The legal changes will upgrade the office to an independent agency but the government did not explain how its political oversight will change.
The Defence Investment Agency is a new government office created last fall to speed up the pace of large military purchases.
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It was created under an already established government department.
The office is currently overseen politically by Secretary of State Stephen Fuhr and Public Services and Procurement Minister Joël Lightbound.
another burocracy. this place is communist to the max everything is a committee. why not just have the defense minister make the call. and why call it investment. investment suggests returns,profits, there is no profits in buying weapons. goo carney
So Liberals spending more money on overhead. Another back-bencher getting ministerial pay. Another bureaucracy to drain tax dollars. Another group to go through, just to get defence materials. – Nothing new… more waste.