OTTAWA — Canada’s procurement watchdog says his office needs more money to handle the surge of planned military purchases over the next decade, as he calls for more transparency while the Liberal government overhauls the “slow” and “costly” way Ottawa buys expensive equipment for the Canadian Armed Forces.
In an interview with the Star, procurement ombudsman Alexander Jeglic said he wanted to double his annual budget of roughly $4 million, but received only an extra $1 million in the latest spending cycle.
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