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The CADSI News page provides links to the latest new releases, announcements and think pieces from the Association and its representatives on a wide range of security and defence issues.
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Industrial strategy, procurement reform
Wendy Hadwen, now ADM of Industry Policy at DND, will be focused on developing a Defence Industrial Strategy (DIS), which DND is trying to separate from the ongoing Defence Procurement Review being led by PSPC ADM Siobhan Harty.
EDC ban on supporting defence firms
In early March, CADSI wrote to Minister for International Trade, Mary Ng, regarding Export Development Canada’s formal, self-imposed refusal to support defence transactions. We've now followed up directly with the minister on this pressing issue.
Another successful Navy workshop
On November 15, CADSI co-hosted another workshop in partnership with the Royal Canadian Navy. The workshops, which began in 2022, are organized as roundtable dialogues of limited size. No specific projects or procurements are ever discussed.