F-35 Tale of the Tape
How does the F-35 stack up against the competition today? That depends on who you ask and how badly they want to buy/sell it. First off, let’s leave the stealth…
How does the F-35 stack up against the competition today? That depends on who you ask and how badly they want to buy/sell it. First off, let’s leave the stealth…
I’m convinced that, badly as the air force boys want the F-35, even if they got it they would soon be back, begging bowl in hand. Everyone, especially those air…
This is not the sexy issue of the day but it’s a biggie. The F-35 scandal saw new key information disclosed on what the Prime Minister and cabinet knew about…
You can never go far wrong by underestimating the integrity of the Harper regime. They seem to lie when it would be easier to tell the truth and what they…
A retired RCAF Colonel who served as fleet manager of our CF-18s has said the obvious – the F-35 has no place in the defence of Canada. Retired colonel Paul…
As the F-35 fighter-bomber debate returns to the House of Commons today the opposition parties, forever chasing the shiny thing, will be all over the government about costs and who…
Stephen Harper finds blowing craters in distant countries infinitely preferable to actually defending Canada, or at least my part of it. That Canada’s west coast remains undefended was embarrassingly demonstrated…
With the revelation that Minister Peter MacKay failed to ask many of the obvious/necessary questions when working on the F-35 procurement, the subject of basic ministerial/government responsibility has been weighing…
Peter MacKay lied. In 2010 Defense Minister Peter MacKay said many times that the F-35 was selected in an open, competitive, and transparent process, this is contradicted be the Auditor…
It apparently doesn’t look like an American on a phone reading a script that’s supposed to convince Canadians to vote for a Conservative MP. Because there is a photo of…
CBC’s At Issue panel has a good discussion on F-35. It is worth watching. Also an interesting discussion on NDP leader Thomas Mulcair’s ad.
Many are angry that instead of the promised $16 billion cost of the new F-35’s the actual price tag will be more than $25 billion but Canadians shouldn’t forget that…
Whooee! Well, friends an’ foes, I recorded up another song. This one’s all about that famous liar from down east in Nova Scotia, Peter MacKay. I reckon ol’ Petey really…
Whooee! Well, friends an' foes, I recorded up another song. This one's all about that famous liar from down east in Nova Scotia, Peter MacKay. I reckon ol' Petey really…
Whooee! Well, friends an' foes, I recorded up another song. This one's all about that famous liar from down east in Nova Scotia, Peter MacKay. I reckon ol' Petey really…
Whooee! Well, friends an’ foes, I recorded up another song. This one’s all about that famous liar from down east in Nova Scotia, Peter MacKay. I reckon ol’ Petey really…
…It’s your Mother. Is that how the expression goes? == The Conservatives haven’t been in hot water over just one scandal lately. There are more than the average human can…
Last night I spent a little time with some Liberals to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Ralph Goodale noted a few of the…
Last night I had a long telephone conversation with my good friend Dave, who lives in Winnipeg. Like me (and probably more so), Dave has a keenly developed sense of…