Defence Department Failed to Spend $1.2B in Approved Funding Last Year Due to Delays

Defence Department Failed to Spend $1.2B in Approved Funding Last Year Due to Delays
The facade of the headquarters of the Department of National Defence is pictured in Ottawa, on April 3, 2013. The Canadian Press/Adrian Wyld
The Canadian Press
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OTTAWA—New figures show the Department of National Defence failed to spend more than $1.2 billion of its allotted budget last year, the majority due to delays in the purchase of new equipment for Canada’s military.

The figures recently tabled in the House of Commons come six years after the federal Liberals promised an end to such underspending, which had grown to epic proportions under Stephen Harper’s Conservative government.