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By Brian Mersereau

Defence Watch Guest Writer

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During the recent federal election, the issue of considering a new Defence Procurement Agency or DPA surfaced again.

The Liberals made such an organization part of their defence platform this time around as part of their plan to improve military procurement.

While positive outcomes could result from a new organizational structure, simply installing one will not in and of itself create an efficient procurement model. It most certainly will not address in any substantive manner why taxpayers pay far too much to acquire the defence capabilities Canada needs to protect our sovereign interests in a world that has become increasingly unstable in recent years.

It appears that, in many cases, Canada pays more per unit of capability to satisfy its defence needs than most of its allies. Unfortunately, though quite logically, this phenomenon has effectively shrunk the size of our armed forces as the number of platforms we can afford to acquire continues to dwindle due to high costs.