Stephen Fuhr, Secretary of State (Defence Procurement), holds a press conference regarding the Defence Investment Agency in the foyer of the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Oct. 2, 2025. The Canadian Press/Sean Kilpatrick
Ottawa is now well into its overhaul of defence procurement and will soon give the agency at the centre of its strategy more authority to ramp up the domestic defence sector and rearm the military, MP Stephen Fuhr told The Canadian Press.
Fuhr, the secretary of state overseeing changes to how the federal government buys equipment for the military, said the Defence Investment Agency, a new office created to streamline military procurement, will become a legislated stand-alone agency to give it more independence and authority.
