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William Watson: Defence spending debacles are nothing new to Canada
Do we buy the most effective weapons? Or do we see defence as a subcategory of industrial policy and regional and political balancing?
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Recent announcements about rifle and shell purchases by the Canadian Forces bring to mind past difficulties the country has had procuring rifles and shells. Things got so bad during the First World War there was even a Royal Commission on Shell Contracts.
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