On this episode of Defence Deconstructed, Sarah Goldfeder explores the socioeconomic requirements in defence procurement with Jody Langelier, Sean Willy, Stephanie Batstone, and Marcel Poulin

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 bio

Jody Langelier is the President of Nasittuq – https://www.nasittuq.com/about-us/

Sean Willy is President and CEO of Des Nedhe Group – https://desnedhe.com/people/sean-willy/

Stephanie Batstone is Managing Partner at NyRad – https://nyrad.ca/about-us

Marcel Poulin works at Chantier Davie – https://mobile.twitter.com/m_bpoulin

Hosts Bios

Sarah Goldfeder is a Fellow at the Canadian Global Affairs Institute – https://www.cgai.ca/sarah_goldfeder

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