Auditor general releases scathing report on F-35 budget and potential costs to tax payers given current overruns saying it lacks due diligence. Government claims that the program would cost only $16billion are understated and may actually be closer to $25billion. Assertions that the Canadian economy stands to $12billion in contracts due to the F-35 program may also be overstated from the AGs office.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/stor...al-report.html
Government responds by offering a full public review and potential opening to competitors
http://www.canada.com/technology/Con...024/story.html
As much as I like the idea of the F-35 as a fighter, cost overruns and lockheed martin mismanagement of the project seem more and more likely to kill it as a viable replacement for the our CF-18s