| stablished in 1950 as an element of Canada's Cold War rearmament, Defence Construction (1951) Limited, or DCL, was created as an agency to tender and supervise construction contracts for the Department of National Defence, a function it fulfills to this day. Such use of a Crown corporation was characteristic of Minister of Defence Production C.D. Howe and his often expedient and pragmatic approach to meeting policy objectives. In its first fifteen years, DCL helped make possible the construction of... |
