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Analysis of “Shipbuilding contract holds $250M mystery” by Terry Milewski

by CFPS Maritime Security Policy Program Research Team on 10 May 2013 .
Mr. Milewski’s underlying assumption in the article is stated in his byline: “Cost of Arctic patrol ships’ design sparks warning of another procurement ‘fiasco.’ ”  The facts offered in support of the article by the CBC include: Ottawa will pay Irving Shipbuilding $288 million just to design — not build — a fleet of new [...]
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CFPS announces 2013 Summer Institute on Security and Development, 12-16 August

by Ken Hansen, CFPS Resident Research Fellow on 9 May 2013 .
The Lester B. Pearson Institute on Security and Development is a one-week intensive learning curriculum aimed at graduate students, emerging scholars and mid-level practitioners of security and development. This academic and professional development experience will combine: Lecture-based learning from faculty; Dialogues with world-renowned practitioners and subject matter experts; and Participatory learning amongst multi-disciplinary peers. Themes [...]
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Titanic Blunder or a Good Compromise?

by CFPS Maritime Security Policy Program Research Team on 12 April 2013 .
Michael Byers and Stewart Webb have authored an interesting report published by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives and the Rideau Institute entitled “Titanic Blunder: Arctic/Offshore Patrol Ships on Course for Disaster.” Byers and Webb claim that the government is heading for disaster with the AOPS project: the ships are being built to satisfy the [...]
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If you have nothing good to say, don’t say it.

by Ken Hansen, CFPS Resident Research Fellow on 22 March 2013 .
The federal budget was delivered yesterday. Along with the usual complaints about ‘repackaging’ and ‘rebranding’ of existing funding into ‘good news’ stories, which have become the norm for Harper-style announcements, there was a stunning lack of information on the defence budget. As the largest discretionary component of federal spending, defence always plays a major part [...]
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Some thoughts on the PBO report

by Ken Hansen, CFPS Resident Research Fellow on 21 March 2013 .
If you haven’t yet had a chance to read the Parliamentary Budget Officer’s report “Feasibility of Budget for Acquisition of Two Joint Support Ships” I think it is worth a look.  Here are a few of my observations on what is already a very talked about report. The process was worthwhile, even if the outcomes [...]
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Arctic and Offshore Patrol Ship Presentation

by Ken Hansen, CFPS Resident Research Fellow on 22 February 2013 .
Readers can find the presentation made by AOPS Project Director Cdr. C. David Soule at Dalhousie on the CFPS website under ‘News’ at this URL: http://www.dal.ca/dept/cfps.html or by going directly to the presentation at this URL: http://www.dal.ca/dept/cfps/news-events/news/2013/02/22/arctic_and_offshore_patrol_ship_presentation.html  
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Arctic and Offshore Patrol Ship Photo Gallery

by Ken Hansen, CFPS Resident Research Fellow on 22 February 2013 .
I was interviewed on News 95.7 this morning and was asked if the design process had yet produced any kind of a concept drawing for the AOPS.  The answer to that is definitely ‘yes’. You can find a lot of drawings and artist’s sketches at the DND Materiel Branch project website at this URL: http://www.materiel.forces.gc.ca/en/aops-pg.page? [...]
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Leveraging Defence Procurement Through Key Industrial Capabilities

by Commander David Peer, CFPS Defence Fellow on 19 February 2013 .
The Government of Canada received the report of Mr. Tom Jenkins, the Special Adviser to the Minister of Public Works and Government Services on 12 February 2013.  The report is entitled Canada First: Leveraging Defence Procurement Through Key Industrial Capabilities. The ‘Jenkins Report’ recommends identifying and supporting ‘Key Industrial Capabilities’ (KICs) so that Canada’s defence-related [...]
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Problems with Naval Ship Procurement?

by Commander David Peer, CFPS Defence Fellow on 15 February 2013 .
Radio Canada’s le téléjournal ran an investigative report Tuesday and Wednesday on naval ship procurement.  The opposition parties are claiming that government incompetence could lead to massive overspending under the National Shipbuilding Procurement Strategy.  The Radio Canada report uses the Joint Support Ship (JSS) project as an example to assert that the government underestimated the [...]
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What do quick changes to naval strategic and operational leadership mean?

by Ken Hansen, CFPS Resident Research Fellow on 9 February 2013 .
The recent list of senior promotions and appointments from DND has prompted a flurry of comments about what it all ‘means’. Eleven flag-rank officers will retire and a series of 47 different appointments and promotions will result as candidates are shuffled and moved up.  As usual, the new appointments dominated the five-page announcement.  The retirements [...]
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