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The recent news about the shuffling of chairs in the senior public service ranks focused mainly on John Forster, currently Chief of Communications Security Establishment Canada, who becomes Deputy Minister of National Defence, effective February 2.

Greta Bossenmaier, currently Senior Associate Deputy Minister for International Development, also becomes Chief of Communications Security Establishment Canada, effective February 9.

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Not much was said, however, aboutJohn Turner, currently the Assistant Deputy Minister, Materiel at DND. He becomes Associate Deputy Minister of National Defence, effective February 2.

But no one has been named to take his place in this key job, at least publicly from what I can see.

According to the Department of National Defence, the ADM Materiel:

Employs approximately 4500 civilian and military (approximately 70/30 split)

Manages an annual budget of over $3 billion for capital expenditures and approximately $3 billion for National Procurement in support of maintenance and upgrades of existing equipment

Oversees over $25 billion in capital equipment assets and approximately $6 billion in inventory

……and is in total disarray, according to its critics.

Defence Watch sources say that Pat Finn is the Acting ADM MAT…there would be no surprise if he eventually moved into that position permanently.