# Ottawa plans Crown corporation to break defence procurement logjam

https://mins.news/en/item/87208

- CBC News, 2026-10-06 00:10 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/defence-procurement-military-equipment-crown-corporation-9.7370374?cmp=rss

> The Liberal government plans to turn its year-old Defence Investment Agency into a Crown corporation with greater independence and potentially broad powers to speed up military purchases. The overhaul could fundamentally reshape Canada’s notoriously cumbersome defence procurement system, while raising new questions about oversight, accountability and the limits of Ottawa’s authority.

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