On this episode of Defence Deconstructed, Kathleen Monk speaks to Christine Clarkson, Bill Ferreira, and Jeff Tasseron about the current labour issues and how the defence industry adapting to them.

This episode is an excerpt from our annual procurement conference, Putting Canadian Procurement on a War Footing, which took place on October 25th in Ottawa. This event was made possible thanks to the support of the Department of National Defence’s MINDS Program, our strategic sponsors Lockheed Martin Canada, General Dynamics, Irving Shipbuilding, and Davie Shipyard; Silver Sponsors the Royal Embassy of Norway in Ottawa and Innovation Norway; Bronze sponsors ATCO Frontec, BAE Systems Canada, Bombardier, The Boeing Company, and PAL Aerospace.

Participant bios

Christine Clarkson is Director of Human Resources at Thales.

Bill Ferreira has been Executive Director at BuildForce Canada since August 2017

Jeff Tasseron is a retired Royal Canadian Air Force Colonel and the Director of Strategic Growth and Acquisitions for CAE Defence & Security Canada.

Host bios:

Kathleen Monk is President of Monk + Associates, an independent public affairs agency and sit on the Canadian Global Affairs Institute's Advisory Council

Dr. David Perry is President of the Canadian Global Affairs Institute – https://www.cgai.ca/david_perry

Recording Date: 25 Oct 2022

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Produced by Charlotte Duval-Lantoine. Music credits to Drew Phillips