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Sunday, May 16, 2010
Order to idle coastal ships vetoed after political uproar
Canada's chief of defence staff took the rare step Friday of overturning a directive made by his top admiral -- an order that some analysts said was essentially gutting Canada's navy and, as a result, quickly became a political liability for the Conservative government.
Last month, Vice-Admiral Dean McFadden, the head of Canada's navy, ordered half of the country's maritime coastal defence vessels to be docked indefinitely and shelved upgrades and maintenance on many other ships, including frigates.
McFadden's order, first reported by the Ottawa Citizen earlier this week, said he was forced to take such drastic action because he simply didn't have enough funding.
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