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| VOLUME 23| NUMBER 5
SURFACE
COMBATANTS
ABOUT THE COVER
The HMCS Fredericton o the coast of Miami, Florida
during Exercise SOUTHERN BREEZE on February 14, 2017.
Photo: Corporal Gary Calvé Bagotville, DND.
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CONTENTS
www.vanguardcanada.com AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2017 3
AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2017
FEATURES
12 Interview with Rod Story, Financial
Advisor - Analyst, Parliamentary
Budget Oce on Costing for the
Canadian Surface Combatants
By Marcello Sukhdeo
18 Interview with Allan Weldon,
Executive Director, Centre for Costing
in Defence, Department of National
Defence on Cost Estimate for the
Canadian Surface Combatants
By Marcello Sukhdeo
20 The cost versus benefit to
Canadians of the National
Shipbuilding Strategy
A PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) Report
26 Wastewater Treatment and
Canadian Military Operations
By Nicole A. Poirier, Eng., Ph.D., FCAE
30 Strong Secure Engaged
Surpasses Expectations
By David Perry
34 Mission Ready: Canada relies on
Thales innovation
Perspective
5 Game Changers
Marc Bouvrette, President of Gap Wireless
7 Game Changers
Alex McPhail, President, CEO and Owner
of EXA Consulting
9 Game Changers
Garry Warren, VP – Industrial Development,
Construction & Equipment Division, J.D. Irving Ltd
DEPARTMENTS
6 SITREP: RCN deploys team to Ukraine for SEA BREEZE 2017, CAE
celebrates 70 years of innovation, BAE Systems to start construction of
Type 26 Global Combat Ships for the UK in July, Gap Wireless expands
to Western Canada and more.
24 DASHBOARD: NSS timeline for combat package
36 TECHNOLOGY WATCH: Innovation and superclusters
46 THE LAST WORD: Not so Strong, so Secure, or so Engaged
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