Mr. Speaker, the F-35 secretariat has just been renamed the “new Canadian fighter aircraft secretariat”. However, we do not know if there will be an open and transparent bidding process.
On the one hand, the Minister of Public Works said, “we've hit the restart button.”
On the other hand, last Tuesday, Lieutenant-General Deschamps, Commander of the Royal Canadian Air Force, told us that only one jet had been considered: the F-35, of course.
Who is telling the truth? Is it Lieutenant-General Deschamps, or will there be an open and transparent bidding process?