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National Defence

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,"...

Unpacking Peter MacKay

Colin Horgan reviews how the public costing of the F-35 failed to meet the government’s own guidelines. Andrew Coyne explains how...

New and old math

The Defence Minister explains the difference between $25 billion and $15 billion. The "new calculation" reflects an estimate that...

The measure of the F-35

Alan Williams, the former assistant deputy minister with National Defence, points with concern to the department’s use of a...

About that documentation

One last point on the Defence Minister’s comments this weekend. Nearer the end of the interview, Kevin Newman asked Mr. MacKay...

About that timeline

In his interview with CTV, Peter MacKay also noted the "discrepancy" between the 36-year timeline of * the Auditor General and the...

Better know $25 billion

In an interview with CTV’s Question Period, Peter MacKay explains the $25-billion estimate that National Defence prepared for the...

The cuts begin

National Defence is set to eliminate more than a thousand jobs. The Citizen has mapped the cuts. The Globe says the job losses...