Defence policy update: Industry demand for clarity has Blair back at drawing board

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OTTAWA, Kan. — Defence Minister Bill Blair says he recently instructed his team to rejig the Liberals' long-promised defence policy update, so as to give industry more clarity on long-term spending plans "As the world becomes an increasingly difficult and challenging place, we have to make those investments," Blair told an industry conference on Wednesday. Blair told a summit held by the Aerospace Industries Association of Canada that the group helped him realize the current plans would not adequately answer questions raised by defence companies. "It's in part as a result of the meeting I had with you and your...