Hello, welcome to Politics Insider. Let’s look at what happened today. Acquiring U.S.-made F-35 stealth fighter jets will cost Canada nearly 50-per-cent more than was previously disclosed, says the Auditor-General. The development was disclosed today in a new report from the parliamentary officer, who audits federal operations. When the federal government of then-prime minister Justin Trudeau finalized a deal to buy 88 F-35 fighters from Lockheed Martin in 2022, it said the acquisition would cost about $19-billion. But Steven Chase reports that Auditor-General Karen Hogan’s office said today it found this figure was based on outdated information and that by...
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