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Thursday, March 31, 2011

PM disputes Pentagon price tag for F-35s, says Canada not affected by cost hikes

F-35 Lightning IIStephen Harper says he stands by his cost estimate for the F-35 stealth fighters.

The prime minister made the declaration Wednesday, even though the Pentagon's latest estimate for the version of the fighter jet Canada intends to buy is double what the Conservative government has projected.

And a former senior procurement bureaucrat at National Defence flatly dismissed Harper's numbers.

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