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Canadian Armed Forces equipment delivered late half the time, auditor general finds

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Canadian Armed Forces equipment delivered late half the time, auditor general finds iPolitics Half of all late requests for military materials and equipment arrived in Canadian soldiers’ hands more than two weeks behind schedule because of a problem-ridden supply chain that often forced the military to incur extra shipment costs, a new report from the Auditor General has found. “We concluded that National Defence often did not deliver on time the materiel the Canadian Armed Forces requested, and that it did not have the right controls in place to determine whether it avoided needless transportation costs,” said the report authored by Auditor General of Canada Karen Hogan, which was released on Wednesday. READ MORE

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