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http://www.cbc.ca/canada/nova-scotia/st ... -nato.htmlNo NATO exercise for cash-strapped navy
Last Updated: Friday, January 26, 2007 | 5:00 PM AT
CBC News
The Canadian navy is pulling three ships out of planned NATO exercises off Nova Scotia next week, citing a lack of funding.
There's no money for the warships to join the U.S. and German ships, navy officials said Friday.
"It looks like we're going to wait to use our training assets, our training funds, and what we have available for later on in the quarter," said Canadian Commodore Denis Rouleau, who handed over command of the NATO fleet.
The decision to tie up the three ships follows a decision two weeks ago to cancel a scheduled sovereignty exercise.
HMCS Halifax was supposed to patrol off Newfoundland, but the navy couldn't afford fuel. Hours after CBC News aired the story, Defence Minister Gordon O'Connor said $3.5 million would be made available and the ship was ordered to sea.
Now the navy says other exercises and missions could be cancelled because of the budget crunch.
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