MLI welcomes news of finalized contract for F-35 fighter aircrafts
OTTAWA, ON (January 12, 2023): On January 9, Defence Minister Anita Anand announced that Canada has finally approved the final contract ...
Tag: F-35
The F-35 Saga: Richard Shimooka with Christoph Bergs on Military Aviation History
After over two decades of Canada being a Tier 2 partner of the Joint Strike Fighter Program (JSF), the ...
Canada’s fighter jet debacle is a costly ode to unseriousness: Richard Shimooka in the Hub
This article originally appeared in the Hub. By Richard Shimooka, January 6, 2023 In the days leading up to Christmas, ...
Politics delayed F-35 choice by over a decade, leaving Canada worse off: Richard Shimooka in the National Post
This article originally appeared in the National Post. By Richard Shimooka, March 31, 2022 Defence procurement in Canada has long ...
Another turn in the 12-year-long debacle to replace the CF-18: Richard Shimooka in the Vancouver Sun
This article initially appeared in the Vancouver Sun. By Richard Shimooka, December 3, 2021 In recent days, it was revealed the ...
Canadians should be outraged by the Liberals’ fighter jet debacle: Richard Shimooka in the National Post
It’s a curious quirk about our politics: had this been any other policy area, it would be easy fodder for ...
Revealing the Catastrophe: MLI’s influence on the Fighter Jet Replacement Fiasco
In a recently published MLI report titled The Catastrophe: Assessing the Damage from Canada’s Fighter Replacement Fiasco, author Richard Shimooka ...
Assessing the Damage from Canada’s Fighter Replacement Fiasco: New MLI Report
OTTAWA, ON (May 6, 2019): In a hard-hitting new Macdonald-Laurier Institute report, MLI Senior Fellow Richard Shimooka takes a critical ...
Canada has the worst military procurement system in the Western World: Richard Shimooka in the Hill Times
If Canada is serious about improving its defence procurement system, it requires a comprehensive set of reforms that addresses multiple ...
Canadians should be concerned about fighter jet replacement process: Richard Shimooka in the Hill Times
The Liberal government’s fundamental flaw is that it has sought to oversee a fair fighter jet competition where none is ...
Saving Ottawa from itself on Fighter Aircraft Replacement: Joe Varner for Inside Policy
Joe Varner, Fellow of the Inter University Seminar on Armed Forces and Society, makes the case for the Auditor General ...
Opaque Canada should learn from the Danes’ transparent F-35 process: Christian Leuprecht and Gary Schaub Jr. in the Toronto Star
There are important lessons for Canada in the Danish government’s transparent, public and independently-verified acquisition of F-35 fighter jets, write ...
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Pratas Island is Beijing’s next pressure point and Washington’s next test: Joe Varner in the National Review
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Senior Canadian officials seek to isolate Israel – and Canada’s Jewish community: Alan Kessel for Inside Policy
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A separate Alberta would be a poorer Alberta: Trevor Tombe in The Hub
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Undoing Charter creep
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Canada’s looming electricity crisis
