Halliburtons of the North?

An alarming article in today's Toronto Star reports:

More than 40 per cent of Canada's billion-dollar military contracts last year were classified by a government agency as "non-competitive," according to a report released yesterday by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives.

The study said the percentage of public money spent on "non-competitive" contracts more than doubled over the past two years.

Read the full article here.