Author Kenneth Epps Published in The Ploughshares Monitor Volume 35 Issue 2 Summer 2014 When the Canada First Defence Strategy was announced in 2008 the government promised that nearly half-a-trillion …
Unsolicited advice for the new Defence Analytics Institute
By Kenneth Epps As a further response to the sorry state of Canada’s defence procurement process, on February 19 the government announced the establishment of an “interim” Defence Analytics Institute …
The F-35 is not a job creation program
By Kenneth Epps Members of the Canadian Joint Strike Fighter Industrial Group (CJIG) will host a webinar on January 30 to promote the economic benefits of a purchase of the …
Redefining industrial benefits: The F-35 program
Lest anyone thinks that the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) is out of the running for Canada’s replacement fighter aircraft program, Industry Canada has just issued its third report on …
Additions and amendments: An overview of what Canada would need to do to meet the terms of the Arms Trade Treaty
Author Kenneth Epps The Ploughshares Monitor Volume 34 Issue 2 Summer 2013 At the time of writing, Canada is not expected to be an early signatory of the Arms Trade Treaty …
Will Santa deliver F-35 industrial benefits?
The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter debacle has delivered an early Christmas present to Canadian (and some attentive international) media. Columnists and commentators across the country have gleefully heaped criticism and …
Beyond the Cold War: It’s time for Canadian military procurement processes to be updated, argues a Canadian Forces Colonel
Author John Siebert The Ploughshares Monitor Volume 33 Issue 3 Right now criticising Canadian military procurement practices is a little too much like shooting fish in a barrel. There are …
Examining Canada’s military budget
Author John Siebert The Ploughshares Monitor Summer 2012 Volume 33 Issue 2 The multibillion-dollar military procurement plans outlined in the 2008 Canada First Defence Strategy (CFDS)1 have run up squarely …
An analysis of Canadian defence capital spending
Author Bill Robinson The Ploughshares Monitor Summer 2012 Volume 33 Issue 2 Bill Robinson writes on Canadian defence policy and arms control issues. He was on the staff of Project …
Sober recommendations for Canada’s aerospace industry
A common boast running through both government and industry statements supporting Canada’s purchase of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter is that Canada’s aerospace industry will do well in the global …