Ottawa’You do get the sense there were different books being kept’Kevin Pages throws a quote on the F-35 fire. Meanwhile, another major defence procurement is being restarted .
OttawaIn case you misunderstood him the first timeThe Auditor General appeared before the Public Accounts Committee to explain his findings on the F-35 procurement. From the...
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...
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...
OttawaChecking Peter MacKay’s mathTerry Milewski quibbles. Jacques Bourbeau sees the same problems. The Parliamentary Budget Officer’s report is here...