Industry demand for clarity on defence policy update has Blair back at drawing board

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Open this photo in gallery: Minister of National Defence Bill Blair gestures as he speaks at the Canadian Aerospace Summit in Ottawa on Nov. 8.Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press 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...