A story in CBC news confirms that the federal cabinet has received a report setting out competing alternatives to the procurement of the F-35 fighter jets:
Public Works Minister Diane Finley says a key report that will determine whether the Harper government sticks with the F-35 jet fighter program is complete, and the federal cabinet will take a few weeks to consider its next step…
[T]here’s been speculation the Harper government is anxious to keep the CF-18 replacement off the political agenda in the run-up to the 2015 election, given the political firestorm created by auditor general Michael Ferguson’s F-35 criticisms.The story states that study was commissioned after a “scathing auditor general’s report” relating to the initial decision to sole-source the acquisition of the F-35s.
“F-35 rivals report done as cabinet considers fighter jet options,” CBC News, April 17, 2014.
