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Conservatives trying to 'whitewash' Public Accounts Committee report on F-35s, say opposition MPs

Public Works Minister Rona Ambrose told the House the government remains committed to considering all aircraft options to replace Canada’s aging F-18 fighter jets.

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Opposition MPs say government members on the Public Accounts Committee are delaying a report on the committee's study of Auditor General Michael Ferguson's, pictured, review of Canada's F-35 jet purchase.

PARLIAMENT HILL—Government attempts to water down a report from a Commons committee inquiry into Auditor General Michael Ferguson’s scathing report last spring on Canada’s acquisition of the F-35 stealth warplane have held the report back for nearly a month, the opposition parties say.

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Conservatives trying to 'whitewash' Public Accounts Committee report on F-35s, say opposition MPs

Public Works Minister Rona Ambrose told the House the government remains committed to considering all aircraft options to replace Canada’s aging F-18 fighter jets.

The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright
Opposition MPs say government members on the Public Accounts Committee are delaying a report on the committee's study of Auditor General Michael Ferguson's, pictured, review of Canada's F-35 jet purchase.

PARLIAMENT HILL—Government attempts to water down a report from a Commons committee inquiry into Auditor General Michael Ferguson’s scathing report last spring on Canada’s acquisition of the F-35 stealth warplane have held the report back for nearly a month, the opposition parties say.

  

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