Thursday, December 15, 2016

#CANADA: Parliamentary Office Investigates Trudeau Spending On Fighter Jet Costs

[world politics news]


Six years after ripping into the Conservative government's cost estimates for F-35 stealth fighters, Parliament's budgetary watchdog says it is digging into the "interim" Liberal plan to purchase Super Hornet jets. The Liberal government announced last month it wants to buy 18 Super Hornets as a stop-gap measure until a competition can be held in five years to find a replacement for the air force's aging fleet of CF-18 fighter jets.

[FULL STORY HERE]

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