Parliamentary Budget Officer criticizes Department of National Defence for withholding cost of Iraq combat mission

In a succinct letter, Parliamentary Budget Officer Jean-Denis Fréchette took aim at the deputy defence minister, Richard Fadden, for saying the military’s cost estimate for the six-month airstrike is a cabinet confidence.

Parliamentary Budget Office reports F-35 to cost Canada nearly $30 billion

Parliamentary Budget Officer Kevin Page has reported that the price tag for the F-35 stealth fighters that the Harper government wants to buy is likely to end up much higher than the government has been suggesting. Page’s report, which echoes concerns voiced by F-35 critics, warns that the real figure could end up close to […]

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