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Thursday, October 28, 2010
Ignatieff says Liberals would scrap F-35 purchase
government wouldn't follow through on the F-35 fighter jet deal, party leader Michael Ignatieff vowed for the first time Wednesday as he pushed the Conservative government to withdraw from the $16-billion procurement process now underway for 65 of the planes.
Ignatieff said his party decided to take the position in the wake of Tuesday's report from Auditor General Sheila Fraser, in which she highlighted "troubling" cost overruns and delivery delays for the government's purchase of two new helicopter fleets and she warned about similar risks with the F-35 agreement.
"The auditor general's report on the helicopters is a wake-up call for Parliament and Canadians," Ignatieff said.
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