Harper set to announce $15 billion in military spending

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Ottawa will announce $15 billion in new spending on the Canadian military next week, CBC News has learned.

A report by SRC, the CBC's French language service, says the spending spree will be "Christmas in June for the Canadian Forces."

On Monday, Prime Minister Stephen Harper is set to announce in Halifax that the Conservative government will fund the building of three new supply ships. That is expected to cost about $2.1 billion.

On Tuesday, the announcement will be to give the army new trucks. That promise, worth about $1.1 billion, will be made in Quebec.

http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2006/06/21/military21062006.html