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Originally Posted by burn_this_city
The fighter jets and shipbuilding contracts weren't misusing public funds. Escalating program costs are something every government deals with. The rest of it is pretty minor noise that the opposition loves to get riled up about.
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Except that the planes were the entire cause of the last election, and there was nothing unforeseen here! The opposition pressed for information and the CPC absolutely refused to provide any. That was why they were found to be in contempt of parliament and that was why we had an election.
Reading this thread about how people want a "strong opposition" just makes me laugh. The opposition did everything they could to hold the government accountable, found them in contempt (which until that moment had never happened in the Commonwealth, ever IIRC), and it was all brushed aside by CPC supporters as 'political games'.
The entire plane affair was clearly mishandled and the opposition was right! I have no idea why the government should be let off the hook for this; from the concerns of the PBO to the issues raised by the opposition the government has not acted prudently in any facet of what would be the largest contract in our military history.