John Robson: When It Comes to Defence Procurement, the Feds Are Asleep at the Switch

HMCS Corner Brook (L), the third of four used Victoria-class submarines leased from Britain, arrives in Halifax on March 10, 2003. On the right, HMCS Windsor and HMCS Victoria sit at berth. CP PHOTO/Andrew Vaughan

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Australia is building or buying 11 nuclear-powered submarines because of the looming threat of conflict with communist China. Whereas in Canada we’re still going “What’s conflict?” and “What’s communism?” and, within the Trudeau administration, “What’s China?”