When Canada's military wants to buy something, it has to do what every other
government department must do and get final contracting authority from the
Treasury Board Secretariat.
But a few minutes ago, in a speech to defence policy analysts, Defence
Minister Bill Graham wants the department to have the final say on strictly
military stuff. He said he's going to do some pilot project procurement this
way.
“The point of such an experiment would be to ascertain if this approach
would cut the costs associated with the procurement process, reduce
acquisition times and clarify accountability lines, while not diluting
accountability or increasing risk to the Crown,” Graham said.