Mr. Chair, the condemnation in the Macdonald-Laurier Institute's report on fighter jets goes into great detail on how everything the government has done in trying to procure new aircraft has been done to fit its political narrative. The government is covering a silly, asinine promise made in a campaign by the Prime Minister by applying partisan political interests as a way to buy fighter jets.
Liberals bought F-18 jets from Australia that are as old as our F-18 jets. That is not fixing the capability gap, especially when we do not have pilots to fly them.
The question was asked, and I want an answer this time from the minister. Is that contract with the Government of Australia not a cancellation clause to get rid of the Aussie jets, which the Auditor General said are a waste of money?