Madam Chair, right now, CAE does Canada's military pilot training. Does the minister support CAE and training pilots at home by a Canadian company?
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Business of Supply May 19th, 2022
Madam Chair, right now, CAE does Canada's military pilot training. Does the minister support CAE and training pilots at home by a Canadian company?
Business of Supply May 19th, 2022
Madam Chair, does the minister know that all maintenance on the combat systems will be done in the United States?
Business of Supply May 19th, 2022
Madam Chair, does the minister know that the combat system has been declared “U.S. eyes only”, and that all the Canadians working on the combat system have been let go?
Business of Supply May 19th, 2022
Madam Chair, does the minister know that those ship designs have gone from 5,000 tonnes to 10,000 tonnes?
Business of Supply May 19th, 2022
Madam Chair, that is a non-answer.
The government's future surface combatant program has grown in cost from $60 billion to an estimated $100 billion. Has the government given any thought to an off-the-shelf, foreign purchase?
Business of Supply May 19th, 2022
Madam Chair, some $15 billion in defence spending was included in the budget but not declared or attached to anything. Can the minister tell us why, and what is that for?
Business of Supply May 19th, 2022
Madam Chair, can the minister confirm that Canada is purchasing a block of F-35 fight planes from the scrapped Turkish purchase of Block 3 aircraft while the latest model, the Block 4, is unavailable; in other words, a less capable fighter?
Business of Supply May 19th, 2022
Madam Chair, as I just stated, that is already set as part of the consortium agreement. Does the minister actually suggest that somehow Canada is going to be able to have a different process than the others in the consortium when it comes to price?
Business of Supply May 19th, 2022
Madam Chair, the minister knows that, as a member of the consortium, Canada gets the F-35 at the same price as the United States in the year of purchase. Can she confirm that is correct?
Business of Supply May 19th, 2022
Minister, we know that Lockheed was allowed to bid after the government changed existing ITB rules requiring 100% offsets. Innovation, Science and Economic Development decided to allow F-35 to submit a best-efforts ITB proposal that would be negatively scored, because it was unable to guarantee benefits. Does the minister agree with that?