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The Canadian government has gone to court to overturn a trade tribunal ruling that it bungled the $830-million purchase of new trucks for the military.

Last year the Canadian International Trade Tribunal ruled that the process, which awarded the truck contact to Mack Defense of the U.S., was flawed.

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The CITT found in favour of Mack’s rival, Oshkosh, and called on Public Services and Procurement Canada to conduct a new evaluation of the trucks to be bought for the Canadian Forces.

The ruling was yet another blow to the program, which had been trying new trucks since 2006.

But instead of complying, the federal government has decided to challenge the CITT decision.

Public Services and Procurement Canada declined comment as the matter is before the Federal Court of Appeal. “The contracts with Mack Defense LLC have not been cancelled and the project is moving forward as planned,” department spokesman Nicolas Boucher stated in an email.