Procurement
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Trudeau to Boeing: ‘We won’t do business with a company that’s busy trying to sue us’
The dispute between Ottawa and Boeing has escalated publicly and in dramatic fashion, as the Prime Minister accused the aerospace giant of attacking Canadian industry
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Ottawa firm awarded $11.9M contract for space station monitoring system
Neptec Design Group has been tasked with developing a system to monitor the outside of the International Space Station, which will work in tandem with existing Canadian technology on the station
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U.S. Senate poised to pass US$700B defence spending bill
With global tensions at a high and defence companies salivating, the bill provides $640 billion to buy weapons and pay troops and another $60 billion for wartime missions in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria and elsewhere
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FEMA auctioned-off 100 disaster-response trailers days before Harvey devastated Texas
Even though Hurricane Harvey was already projected to be a monster storm that would inflict unprecedented damage, disaster-response trailers with what FEMA’s website described as normal wear were auctioned at fire-sale prices
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U.S. bans federal agencies from using Russian software security firm Kaspersky Lab
The directive was issued as various U.S. law enforcement and intelligence agencies and congressional committees are investigating Russian meddling in the 2016 election
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Top U.S. lawmakers express optimism for NAFTA talks, shrug off early bumps
With talks sets to reconvene in Canada later this month, Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland also dismissed that early negotiations have been tense, calling the talks “extremely cordial”
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‘Sustained fiscal restraint’ needed if United Conservatives win back Alberta: Kenney
Jason Kenney, who is running to lead Alberta’s reunited conservative party, said austerity will be necessary to undo the damage caused by the province’s current NDP government
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Despite scorching economy, Morneau says budget deficits will continue
Finance Minister Bill Morneau said Ottawa would stick with the spending strategy because it’s designed to lift the economy over the long term by focusing on the country’s debt-to-GDP ratio instead of balanced budgets
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Trump administration waives enviro laws for California border wall
The decision marks the seventh time Trump has waived environmental reviews using a 2005 law that exempts the government from the extensive reviews required by the National Environmental Protection Act
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Ontario’s ‘full government monopoly’ pot plan attracts plenty of criticism
Critics are leery of the Ontario Liberals plan for legal marijuana following a bevy of dodgy dealings including EHealth Ontario, Ornge air ambulance scandal, the cancelled gas plant debacle and the push for privatization