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Friday, November 30, 2007

Canada: MacKay faces political heat over future of maritime surveillance planes

The federal Liberals want the auditor general to look into the future of the air force's Aurora maritime patrol planes, a move which puts a local political squeeze on Defence Minister Peter MacKay.

The Liberals have written to Auditor General Sheila Fraser calling for an investigation in to the suspension of a multi-year upgrade contract on the nearly 30-year-old surveillance aircraft.

At the same time, Nova Scotia Premier Rodney MacDonald expressed concern that the refit of the CP-140s won't proceed and promised to lobby Ottawa "aggressively" to ensure the multi-million contract with Halifax-based IMP Aerospace continues.

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