Feds create new Crown corporation 'to move with urgency' on defence procurement

OTTAWA — The Carney government announced Tuesday that it will create a new Crown corporation for defence procurement, the latest new wing of the federal bureaucracy at a time of public service cuts.Ottawa said it will create new legislation to turn its Defence Investment Agency (DIA), created as a stand-alone organization within a federal department only a year ago, into a Crown corporation so that it will have a permanent structure and a clearer mandate and reporting path. That will make