Kelowna MP revamping how Canada buys things for national defence

Philippe Champagne visits General Dynamics, key defence products site

Ottawa – François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Finance of Canada, visited the workers of General Dynamics based in Valleyfield since 1941. It is one of the largest site in North America for the production of key defence products necessary to support our troops and allies. He said: “Canada needs strong domestic defence industries to protect our sovereignty.”

Kelowna MP revamping how Canada buys things for national defence

Kelowna Liberal MP Stephen Fuhr was sitting in front of a stack of binders Wednesday as he waded through his new task of rebuilding how this country buys things for the military. Prime Minister Mark Carney picked his cabinet on May 13. He selected 28 ministers, along with 10 secretaries of state who aren’t technically members of the cabinet but play supporting roles. Fuhr was one of those secretaries of state and he’s in charge of defence procu…