Opinion: Canada has a stockpile of light armoured vehicles that could be deployed, says former Chief of the Defence Staff, Rick Hillier. \u0022It would make a…
Anand appeared on CTV’s Question Period on Sunday and said her team is working “day and night” to respect Ukraine’s request for weapons. She used the example of Canadian-made cameras for drones as the type of procurement the government is looking at.
But, as the National Post reported last week, the government’s preferred option is to send new armoured personnel carriers, with Mississauga-based Roshel Smart Armoured Vehicles expected to win the first contract.Article contentFormer Chief of the Defence Staff, Rick Hillier, said the government should skip such a “convoluted process” and simply send 250 LAV3s from its current stock of 600 or so, along with spare parts packages and some trainers.
The hesitancy is not easily explained.
“Concerning all other countries named above, we have not yet seen nor received confirmation from them that they are ready to discuss certain parts of the future security memorandum,” he said.
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