OttawaThe subjective time limitWhen the Harper government offered its seven-point response to the auditor general’s concerns about the F-35 procurement in...
OttawaStill waitingA new cost estimate for the F-35 apparently won’t be ready until the fall, in contradiction of point three of the Harper...
OttawaProtecting the ministerLaura Payton obtains correspondence related to the Defence Minister’s helicopter ride. See previously: The Department of Peter...
OttawaNo need to keep studying the F-35?The work of the parliamentary committee studying the F-35 procurement is apparently done . At least so far as the Conservative...
OttawaHolding patternOn May 1, as previously noted, I sent the following questions to the office of minister of state Julian Fantino. Those questions...
OttawaAccounting for the Defence DepartmentThe mission in Libya cost significantly more than the Defence Minister once suggested. And the government recently described the...
Ottawa’Haven’t made that choice’Despite various commitments to and demands for a full 36-year lifecycle cost estimate for the F-35, the Globe reports that the...
OttawaSent to the wholeAt the conclusion of regular business this evening, the House of Commons will set aside the mace and move into a committee of the...
OttawaWaiting for answersThe Globe reports that Defence officials made a trip to Washington last week to research the latest cost estimates for the...
OttawaThe quiet cutsParks Canada will cut jobs and privatize some operations . Librarians will lose their jobs. Foreign aid for a dozen of the world’s...