If used in regard to our shipbuilding project, we would never get approval for the construction of the fleet. Applied to major items like a 21st century fighter plane it causes a ferocious backlash. The full life cycle cost model, which attempts to estimate costs over forty years, produces an eye-watering price tag. In addition to the sound and fury coming from opposition parties and media, the Auditor General and Parliamentary Budget Officer went ballistic in their analysis and reporting their versions of the “true cost,” using a different calculus and timeline than the one preferred by the professional public servants who have always provided relevant and reliable information relied upon by all governments. Given that the new price tag of $19 billion for 88 jets is more than twice the projected price for the 65 agreed to in 2010, I certainly hope the degree of scrutiny that the previous Conservative government endured will be placed upon this contract. EDITORIAL: Trudeau flip-flops on fighter jets.TAYLOR: Trudeau has a long way to go to properly equip our military.LILLEY: After wasting years, Trudeau buys the F-35 fighter jets he once denounced.
Let’s leave to the past the hypocrisy and downright lies “whipped out” back then, as was the case with the previous Liberal Sea King helicopter replacement fiasco with a similar story line and disastrous consequences for taxpayers. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.
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