Mr. Speaker, this is an open competition. On access to information requests by me, they uncovered a truth from the secretive Conservative government: a plan written by DND called for a competitive process that would run in 2010. It needed a competition to find a fighter jet that would suit its needs.
Instead, the Conservative government decided to proceed without competition, arbitrarily making this decision.
I ask the Minister of National Defence, when exactly did the open competition he promised change and who exactly made the decision to do so?