Government of Canada Announces Comprehensive Response to Chapter 2 of the 2012 Spring Report of the Auditor General of Canada
(firmenpresse) - OTTAWA, ONTARIO -- (Marketwire) -- 04/03/12 -- The Honourable Julian Fantino, Associate Minister of National Defence, the Honourable Rona Ambrose, Minister of Public Works and Government Services and Minister for Status of Women, the Honourable Peter MacKay, Minister of National Defence, and the Honourable Christian Paradis, Minister of Industry, today released the Government of Canada's comprehensive response to Chapter 2 of the 2012 Spring Report of the Auditor General of Canada.
In Chapter 2, Replacing Canada's Fighter Jets, the Auditor General recommends that the Government refine its estimates for the full life-cycle costs of the F-35 and make those estimates public. The Government accepts the Auditor General's recommendation and conclusions.
The Government of Canada is taking the following seven steps to fulfill and exceed the Auditor General's recommendation:
Canada will not sign a contract to purchase new aircraft until these steps are completed and developmental work is sufficiently advanced.
Canada remains committed to ensuring that the Royal Canadian Air Force has the aircraft it needs to do the jobs we ask of them.
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"Canada has not signed a contract to purchase any aircraft. As we have stated, Canada has set a budget to purchase fighter aircraft to replace the CF-18 and will acquire the F-35 only if and when we can operate within that budget," said Minister Fantino.
"Funding will remain frozen and Canada will not purchase new aircraft until further due diligence, oversight, and transparency is applied to the process of replacing the Canadian Forces' aging CF-18 fleet," said Minister Ambrose.
"This comprehensive response to the 2012 Spring Report of the Auditor General of Canada once again re-affirms our Government's ongoing commitment to supporting our brave men and women of the Canadian Forces and exercising responsible stewardship of taxpayers' hard-earned dollars," said Minister MacKay.
"Since 1997, Canada has worked with our allies in a unique multinational program to develop and manufacture the F-35. Our participation has generated $435 million in contracts for 70 Canadian companies resulting in skilled work that otherwise would not exist, with more opportunities to come," said Minister Paradis.
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Contacts:
Chris McCluskey
Office of the Honourable Julian Fantino
Media Liaison Office
National Defence
613-996-2353
1-866-377-0811
Jay Paxton
Office of the Hounourable Peter MacKay
613-996-3100
Michelle Bakos
Office of the Honourable Rona Ambrose
819-997-5421
Media Relations
Public Works and Government Services Canada
819-956-2315
Margaux Stastny
Office of the Honourable Christian Paradis
Minister of Industry
613-995-9001
Media Relations
Industry Canada
613-943-2502
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Datum: 03.04.2012 - 08:54 Uhr
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