“This marks the beginning of a new era for the Canadian forces,” said Gordon O’Conner the Minister of National Defense. Gone are the days when the Canadian forces needed to wait to respond to national and international emergencies, he said.
The project includes separate agreements with the U.S. Air Force for the engines, additional equipment, and in-service support for an initial 5 year period. With a total worth of about $722.6-million.
The first of the Globemasters, massive transport planes about 174 feet long with about a 170-foot wingspan, will be delivered by September, 2007. The second later in 2007 and the final two in 2008. The four aircraft will be based at the Canadian Forces Base in Trenton, Ont. All major infrastructure costs required at CFB Trenton will be accommodated but a price was not produced during the conference. The price of the contract comes in 8% under the original estimate by the government.
Ottawa announced its intention to buy the planes, directly from Boeing which is the world’s second largest producer of commercial aircraft, last summer.
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ITAR citizenship rules affect all of the United States’ allies, but the conflict with local laws has become most public in Canada and is being watched internationally. Canada regards discrimination against workers based on citizenship or country of origin as a violation of the country’s charter of rights and freedoms. Most defence companies in Canada are letting people go and then fighting Canadian Laws in court but at the same time does not guarantees the employees job back if they loose.
The question of an individuals privacy and there right to privacy comes into question here as well. The right of privacy specifically, an individual’s right to a reasonable expectation of privacy is a core component of section 8 of the Charter of rights and freedoms, which guarantees the right of everyone in Canada to be secured against unreasonable search or seizure.
Canada’s defense department and the Government of Canada, including the Prime Minister, are obliged to uphold the law but will they?
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