BUT THEY GOT A GREAT DEAL ON DUCT TAPE IN BULK

Military report raps inefficient purchasing, lack of expertise (Canadian Press, August 15th, 2005)

Two-thirds of the Canadian military's Hercules aircraft are effectively grounded and the expanding reserve force cannot fly aboard the rest because of soaring liability costs, a defence think-tank says.

Yet replacing the Hercules, the backbone of the air transport fleet, and other badly needed equipment is years off because the military lacks expertise and efficient procurement practices, the Conference of Defence Associations says.

"At present, the department has inadequate numbers and expertise ... to execute the existing capital acquisition plan," the association said in a report to the Commons defence committee.

"Existing approaches to military acquisitions and a dearth of project expertise lead to the troubling conclusion that transformation of the Canadian Forces ... would not be possible before the year 2020."

We would be a hyper-power too if the idiots didn’t keep missing the Christmas sales.