Canada to spend $2B on new armoured personnel carriers

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Source OTTAWA — Canada will spend $2 billion to purchase 190 new armoured vehicles for the Canadian army. Speaking to reporters on Thursday, Prime Minister Mark Carney made the announcement from London, Ont., attending an event held at the headquarters of General Dynamics Land Systems-Canada (GDLS-C), which will build and provide the brand new fleet of Armoured Combat Support Vehicles (ACSV) for the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF). “We’re living through a defining moment around the world, the assumptions that shaped our security for decades are being challenged,” Defence Minister David McGuinty said ahead of Thursday’s announcement. “Conflicts are growing more complex, technology is transforming the character of warfare at extraordinary speed, and the competition for industrial capacity, critical supply chains and strategic advantage has become as important as the competition on the...