National Defence

The full lifecycle cost of the F-35 remains elusive . Lifecycle costing is what the Department of National Defence agreed to...

While a number of department officials—including the deputy minister of defence and the assistant deputy minister for...

The Federal Tobacco Control Strategy is being cut, trade consulates will be closed, a coalition of organizations that deal with...

Kevin Pages throws a quote on the F-35 fire. Meanwhile, another major defence procurement is being restarted .

The Auditor General appeared before the Public Accounts Committee to explain his findings on the F-35 procurement. From the...

So close to the sort of concession the opposition desires and yet, so far

The projected training budget may not be sufficient for the F-35. The auditor general projected that over the 36-year...

The House doesn’t reconvene until Monday, but the public accounts committee will meet this afternoon to, presumably, launch its...

A very relevant discussion from The National last night. Here is the 2011 edition of Accountable Government, a guide for ministers...

Tabatha Southey finds ten ways that Peter MacKay’s minivan analogy fails to explain the government’s accounting. Nonetheless, here...