Thirty per cent of Defence Department procurement positions vacant: Internal report cdnpoli
“Much like any knowledge-based industry, finding and hiring the right people with the right mix of knowledge, experience and expertise is a challenge that is actively addressing,” Defence Department spokesman Daniel Le Bouthillier said in an email Thursday.
Experts are skeptical, noting the Defence Department has been struggling for years to retain enough procurement officials to move projects through the system in a timely and efficient manner.Article content National Defence’s materiel section had only a handful of procurement specialists, many of whom were inexperienced, when Stephen Harper’s Conservatives unveiled their own defence policy in 2008.
Yet the problem has nonetheless persisted even as the Defence Department has been tasked with overseeing the largest recapitalization of Canada’s military in a generation through the Liberals’ defence policy. Senior officers also identified a shortage of human resources as a key challenge in the planned delivery of new Army equipment during a presentation to industry representatives earlier this week.
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