Thats all well and good, but whether Mackay is a good defence minister and whether the public should expect overruns aren't in question. The bottom line is that the PMO, DND and ministry of defence blatantly lied about the costs of the jets. They knew it would cost more than they were saying, and both knowingly and willingly mislead parliament.
To make matters more deplorable though, people who questioned this were derided and attacked. Remember when parliament voted to find the CPC in contempt? People seemed to treat it as a non-event and scoff at the notion. People basically assumed it was a political stunt and in our thread were essentially laughing at the stupid opposition.
Now though, we have no recourse to find out what really happened. We had a committee where answers were being sought, and where people have to answer. The CPC refused to show though, and managed to deceive enough people for long enough to win the election.
So now its even more ridiculous. The AG clearly shows the problems and the party can't answer whether they will accept the report. They are trying some lame attempt to say that the way the budgeting is done here is different (despite it being the same as every other project for DND).
Its a pathetic excuse for a government that has lied and mislead parliament. There really can be no higher crime in our democracy.
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