When Canada's military wants to buy something, it has to do what every other government department must do and get final contracting authority from the Treasury Board Secretariat. But a few minutes ago, in a speech to defence policy analysts, Defence Minister Bill Graham wants the department to have the final say on strictly military stuff. He said he's going to do some pilot project procurement this way. "The point of such an experiment would be to ascertain if this approach would cut the costs associated with the procurement process, reduce acquisition times and clarify accountability lines, while not diluting accountability or increasing risk to the Crown," Graham said.