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Defence Spending

Retired General Pushes For $1 Billion In Defence Cuts

CP | Murray Brewster, The Canadian Press | Posted 12.03.2011 | Canada Politics
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OTTAWA - The former soldier who's recommended deep cuts at the Department of National Defence headquarters says the Conservative government has an opp...

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Do You Feel Safer Post-9/11? $92 Billion Safer?

Andrew Reeves | Posted 11.09.2011 | Canada
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Now the debate has inevitably begun as to what Canadians have to show for such a massive public investment in something as abstract as 'security.'

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Canada's Military Looks To Save $1 Billion

CBC | CBC | Posted 10.19.2011 | Canada Politics
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A major report from National Defence has identified ways to save the department $1 billion a year and calls for "dramatic changes" so the...

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