"Long-term plan for Canadian Forces Remains in limbo"
An important study by the Canadian Defence and Foreign Affairs Institute:
March 13, 2006 – Calgary, Alberta – Canadian Defence & Foreign Affairs Institute (CDFAI) released a report today, 'The Strategic Capability Investment Plan: Origins, Evolution, and Future Prospects'. This report is a critical assessment of one of the Department of National Defence’s central planning documents, the Strategic Capability Investment Plan (SCIP).
The report, by Dr. Elinor Sloan of Carleton University, suggests that unless and until the new minority Conservative government finalizes a broad Defence Capabilities Plan (DCP) and an accompanying more detailed SCIP, DND will continue on a path of reacting to crises in CF equipment and manpower requirements, instead of embarking on a more long-term, strategic route.
The SCIP will establish a mechanism by which all of the equipment, infrastructure, construction, human resources, technology and concept development of the Canadian Forces will work together in holistic fashion to create military capability.
Both the DCP and the SCIP must first overcome a number of hurdles including endorsement from the Minister of National Defence, the Treasury Board and the Cabinet itself. Only once in recent memory has a Minister of National Defence put his signature on a long-term planning document and sent it to Treasury Board for approval but that was a decade ago under a majority government.
“As it stands today, Defence could build a facility that is central to improving military capability, but once complete, lack the people needed to work there,” says Dr. Sloan.
Until the DCP and accompanying SCIP are approved there will be no effective long-term planning for the Canadian Forces. The result will be ineffective spending by the military, the use of equipment that is past its prime, and the distinct possibility of lives being lost.
The complete report 'The Strategic Capability Investment Plan: Origins, Evolution, and Future Prospects' is available online...
H/t to Norman's Spectator.
March 13, 2006 – Calgary, Alberta – Canadian Defence & Foreign Affairs Institute (CDFAI) released a report today, 'The Strategic Capability Investment Plan: Origins, Evolution, and Future Prospects'. This report is a critical assessment of one of the Department of National Defence’s central planning documents, the Strategic Capability Investment Plan (SCIP).
The report, by Dr. Elinor Sloan of Carleton University, suggests that unless and until the new minority Conservative government finalizes a broad Defence Capabilities Plan (DCP) and an accompanying more detailed SCIP, DND will continue on a path of reacting to crises in CF equipment and manpower requirements, instead of embarking on a more long-term, strategic route.
The SCIP will establish a mechanism by which all of the equipment, infrastructure, construction, human resources, technology and concept development of the Canadian Forces will work together in holistic fashion to create military capability.
Both the DCP and the SCIP must first overcome a number of hurdles including endorsement from the Minister of National Defence, the Treasury Board and the Cabinet itself. Only once in recent memory has a Minister of National Defence put his signature on a long-term planning document and sent it to Treasury Board for approval but that was a decade ago under a majority government.
“As it stands today, Defence could build a facility that is central to improving military capability, but once complete, lack the people needed to work there,” says Dr. Sloan.
Until the DCP and accompanying SCIP are approved there will be no effective long-term planning for the Canadian Forces. The result will be ineffective spending by the military, the use of equipment that is past its prime, and the distinct possibility of lives being lost.
The complete report 'The Strategic Capability Investment Plan: Origins, Evolution, and Future Prospects' is available online...
H/t to Norman's Spectator.
posted by Mark, Ottawa at 9:34 a.m.
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
<< Home