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The F-35: The Conservatives were ‘dead right’
You might have thought that the auditor general’s report and the KPMG audit amounted to a repudiation of the Harper government’s accounting for the F-35. Gary Goodyear would like to assure you otherwise.
A clearer path for fighter jets, but a grim day for Peter MacKay
John Geddes explains why rebooting the plan is not as easy as pressing a button
The F-35 audit
The “Next Generation Fighter Capability Annual Update” is here. The first CP dispatch from the official briefing is here.
The latest on the F-35
Reuters, the Canadian Press, Star, Globe and CTV report that a four-person panel will review the options for a new jet fighter and John Ivison says the price tag for the F-35 will be $45.8 billion, but John Geddes notes that a panel review is not the same as an open competition.
An F-35 panel, great—but the hard decisions still loom
John Geddes on fresh starts and tough choices
The future of manufacturing in Canada
Some Canadian firms are showing how the sector could drive the economy of the future
When East meets West
Hints of Asia are now visible in high-end European products. Is that what shoppers in India or China want?
Inside the human guinea pig capital of North America
In Quebec’s quest to please Big Pharma, has it become more industry cheerleader than watchdog?