An NDP filibuster has saved the House of Commons committee investigation into the F-35 procurement process, at least temporarily.
F-35 probe survives Tory tactics
Department of National Defence
Access to information facing cuts?
Many government departments have improved their response to Access to Information requests, Information Commissioner Suzanne Legault reports. But these gains may be compromised by the current round of budget cuts.
No Russian threat in Arctic
The Harper government’s dire warnings of a Russian threat in the Arctic — at one time a regular feature of its campaign to sell Canadians on the “need” to buy the F-35 — do not reflect its own behind-closed-doors assessment of the situation.
Auditor General condemns F-35 process
Auditor General Michael Ferguson’s first report is a scathing indictment of the Harper government’s F-35 procurement process.
F-35: And the hits keep coming!
A U.S. Government Accountability Office report, media investigations of DND disingenuousness, and a forthcoming Auditor-General’s report keep the F-35 hilarity coming.
Alternative Budget calls for cuts at DND
A Budget for the Rest of Us, the 2012 Alternative Federal Budget, provides a road map for Canadians to combat income inequality and avoid a “lost decade” of high unemployment and environmental mismanagement.