OttawaHow about that lifecycle cost?The Parliamentary Budget Officer has written to the deputy minister at Defence. An official with the GAO has priced the model that...
OttawaThe Commons: A simple misunderstandingSo close to the sort of concession the opposition desires and yet, so far
OttawaThe F-35 math gets fuzzierThe projected training budget may not be sufficient for the F-35. The auditor general projected that over the 36-year...
UncategorizedWhy can’t we have some of those hip new fighter jets?All the cool countries are doing it.
OttawaSpring break is overThe House doesn’t reconvene until Monday, but the public accounts committee will meet this afternoon to, presumably, launch its...
OttawaThe F-35 is not like a minivanTabatha Southey finds ten ways that Peter MacKay’s minivan analogy fails to explain the government’s accounting. Nonetheless, here...
Ottawa’But in terms of our numbers, I’ve been very clear’Asked about the price of the F-35, the Prime Minister invokes one of his favourite adjectives . So far as "what you’re counting,"...
OttawaUnpacking Peter MacKayColin Horgan reviews how the public costing of the F-35 failed to meet the government’s own guidelines. Andrew Coyne explains how...
PoliticsThe F-35: Not just costly but obsoleteTo aviation nerds, the Joint Strike Fighter is looking more and more like an ugly mutt
OttawaChecking Peter MacKay’s mathTerry Milewski quibbles. Jacques Bourbeau sees the same problems. The Parliamentary Budget Officer’s report is here...