- Harper, How about 16 billion for the Next Generation of Canadians

Posted: 6/12/2010 11:35:44 AM The Globe and Mail

Tories accused of breaking promise for open bidding on fighter jets, Ottawa wasting tax dollars on $16-billion deal, NDP charges, Daniel Leblanc Ottawa, Globe and Mail Update, Jun. 11, 2010
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/tories-accused-of-breaking-promise-for-open-bidding-on-fighter-jets/article1601021/

Harper, here's a suggestion.

How about 16 billion for the next generation of Canadians.


16 billion for “next generation” of fighter jets. That's insane.

Aren't we in an economic recession. Didn't we just incur an over 45 billion deficit trying stimulate the economy and create jobs for Canadians.

And, just exactly why do we need these next generation fighter jets, anyway. . . . Oh, yah, so Harper, Hawn, MacKay can play soldier and drag Canada into active combat, spending billions in the process.

This is even harder to believe if the Harper government does not ensure that Canadian companies get the contracts and at least keep the money in Canada.

Just exactly who is going to get the contracts anyway. Does Haliburton build fighter jets, I wonder. That's the company with connections to the Con movement in the US, not the quaint rural town in Ontario.

Lloyd MacILquham cicblog.com/comments.html