Peter MacKay, the Minister for National Defence, has announced today that the Government of Canada has signed the long-awaited contract with Boeing for the acquisition of new CH-47F (Canadian Forces designation: CH-147F) Chinook medium-to-heavy lift helicopters for the Canadian Forces.
The contract, which consists of a $1.2 billion capital acquisition and a $2.2 billion 20-year [...]

Defence Construction Canada has released a land use assessment as part of the approvals process for the construction of a new multi-use facility for CFS St. John’s in Newfoundland and Labrador. The document provides various details and sketches of the new facility, which encompasses two buildings – the main building for lodger units and a [...]

The Harriston Legion (Ontario) will be celebrating its 70th anniversary on June 6, 2009, with a full day of activities:
14h00 – Parade to the cenotaph (vet ride in vintage vehicles)
15h00 to 17h00 – Walk Down Memory Lane – 70 Years of History at the Maple Leaf Auditorium
17h30 to 18h30 – Cocktails & Entertainment – Upper [...]

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Today’s federal budget released by the Conservative Government touts an approximately $84 billion deficit over the next over four years, as the government moves to provide significant economic stimulus to the Canadian economy. Yet, the Government seems to have ignored one of the best ways to provide economic stimulus to the construction [...]

According to David Pugliese, the CH-148 Cyclone has made its maiden flight at Sikorsky’s West Palm Beach Facility in Florida. The thirty minute long test flight was reported to be successful, but there is little expectation that the flight can be treated as a major indicator that the programme is proceeding toward meeting its 2010 [...]

With the release of its much-awaited platform for the ongoing federal election, the Conservative Party led by Stephen Harper has reaffirmed its commitment to the Canada First Defence Strategy that it released earlier this year. Given the incumbent nature of the Conservatives, the reaffirmation unsurprisingly comprises the bulk of the party’s national defence agenda in [...]

The Liberal Party of Canada has become the first political party to release its comprehensive policy platform in the ongoing federal election. The policy dedicates two sections to two of the prominent issues facing Canada’s military planners: the general way forward for national defence, and the question of Arctic sovereignty. Yet, despite naming specifically these [...]

According to the Canadian Press, a federal assessment has found that the historic Quebec Citadelle, located in Quebec City, is in need of extensive refurbishment valued at nearly $100 million. The refurbishment would address significant deterioration of the structure, especially the Redoubt’s foundations, of which some parts date back to the eighteenth century.
The last [...]