Posted AT 4:46 AM EDT on 13/05/08
Long-term defence plan set out
HALIFAX — It will cost up to $30-billion over the next two decades to re-equip the Canadian Forces, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said yesterday as he announced long-term procurement goals that combine several previous promises.
The plan was unveiled nearly two years after a more modest initial proposal priced at $17-billion.
"If a country wants to be taken seriously in the world, it must have the capacity to act.
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