Mr. Speaker, senior officials have confirmed that the Prime Minister and the cabinet were informed of all the developments on the F-35s, including the cost overruns and technical problems, and were even aware that the process was biased in favour of Lockheed Martin.
The Minister of National Defence said many times that the F-35 was the only appropriate fighter jet. He should immediately apologize for having hidden this information.
Since he is responsible for this fiasco, can he tell us what other options are being looked at to replace the CF-18s?