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Press Release

Source: The Canadian Press – Broadcast wire

Feb 24, 2016

OTTAWA – The Defence Department is receiving British military advisers to assist the Trudeau government’s policy review and shipbuilding plans.

At least two senior British officers already on exchange in Ottawa will be available to help the Liberal government and National Defence conduct a major review of the country’s defence posture.

Lieutenant-General Mark Poffley, deputy chief of the British general staff, tells The Canadian Press that the two nations are friends, with shared values and a shared outlook on the world.

Britain recently completed its own defence review and he says some of its lessons could be valuable to Canada.

Poffley adds that what differs from previous review exercises is the pace of globalization.

Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan (SAH’-jihn) told a conference last week that he wanted to see this country’s review completed by the end of the year.

Separately, Public Services and Procurement says it is hiring a retired British admiral with a long history in naval acquisitions to provide advice on the troubled national shipbuilding program, where cost estimates are soaring.

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(The Canadian Press)

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