Mr. Speaker, Conservative mishandling of the F-35 contract fiasco is yet more evidence that Conservative managerial incompetence really is limitless. The program costs have gone from $9 billion to $16 billion to $25 billion and now onwards and upwards to a reported $46 billion.
Conservatives knowingly ran the last election campaign with two sets of books: one for themselves and a different set of numbers they shared with the Canadian people.
Now we see that they cannot even properly shutdown their boondoggle in the making. Audit reports and cabinet meeting decisions are being leaked. Conservatives are as lost as a monkey in an IKEA, but at least the monkey was wearing a coat to cover his shame.
From day one, the NDP has demanded a fair, open and transparent bidding process to replace our CF-18s. In response, Conservatives made up a wild attack on the opposition.
We urge the Conservatives to try out some accountability for once. Like the monkey, it might help cover some of their embarrassment.