Madam Chair, the Canadian government's policy on technological and industrial benefits recently caused some problems in the competition for new fighter jets.
The government knew full well that it could not expect Lockheed Martin to provide these benefits since Canada is a partner in the joint strike fighter program and signed a memorandum of understanding allowing Canadian companies to participate in manufacturing F-35s.
In light of the naive and reckless election promise to not buy the F-35, does the minister believe that this competition was fair, open and transparent?