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Defence Investment Agency to be revamped under ‘new minister’
The update sets aside $103.8 million over five years as the agency takes on major military purchases and broader procurement oversight.
- On Tuesday, Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne's fiscal update pledged legislation to upgrade the Defence Investment Agency into an independent body operating under a "new minister" with increased authority and budget.
- Currently overseen by Public Services and Procurement Minister Joël Lightbound and Secretary of State Stephen Fuhr, the agency was established last fall to accelerate military purchases worth more than $100 million.
- The fiscal update allocates $103.8 million in funding over five years plus $22 million annually. CEO Doug Guzman told MPs on Monday that work is underway to "separate it" from the procurement department.
- While legal changes will upgrade the six-month-old office to an independent agency, the government has not explained how its political oversight will change, raising coordination concerns for procurement decisions.
- Tuesday's update did not detail plans to reach NATO's steep commitment of spending 3.5 per cent of GDP on core defence by 2035. The Department declared Canada is "on a path" to meet this target.
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Defence Investment Agency to be given new authority, oversight
OTTAWA - A new government office tasked with purchasing the most expensive equipment for the military is about to be upgraded to give it new independence and oversight, according to
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