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from Parliament Hill reporter David Akin
View Article  And the Leopard goes to ... Singapore!
Hey, I thought we were getting those Leopards!

Singapore's Ministry of Defence has announced that they intend to strike an agreement with the German Federal Ministry of Defence for the sale of 96 Leopard 2A4 tanks (66 front-line, 30 spares) plus training and supporting equipment from the German Armed ...   more »

View Article  Questions about military airlift procurement

A few hours after the vice-president of Airbus Military said he was disappointed that a federal government procurement process had effectively eliminated the product, A400M, that his company was offering, several MPs stood up in Question Period to ask about the process. The only plane that successfully made it ...   more »

View Article  More inquiries: Day appoints Iacobucci to look into other Arar-like cases

Public Safety Minister Stockwell Day just wrapped a press conference to respond to Justice O’Connor’s inquiry into the Arar matter. ...   more »

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