Liberals refuse to give Tories ‘free pass’ on jet purchase

"Michael Ignatieff’s Liberals are not letting up on their fight against the $16-billion purchase of 65 next-generation stealth fighter jets, arguing Stephen Harper’s Tories want a “free pass on the largest sole-source contract in Canadian history.”... Read the article in Globe and Mail

First of all; and amidst all the cuts in public services to balance the budget, I am glad that we are spending billions of dollars to modernize our airforce. You know, that was the main reason we couldn't suceed in Afghanistan: Compared to some bearded fanatics armed with Kalashnikov, our airforce was not modern enough!!!

" the Tory memo says. “When the economic recovery is still fragile, the last thing the aerospace workers and their families need is Michael Ignatieff threatening their jobs.”

Interesting, so my dear right-wing economists, Keynes' idea- that the governments can create jobs during recessions through spending - works perfectly well when it comes to the military, it only fails when we try to build more useful things than killing machines, huh?!!

Finally, I hate the gutlessness of Liberals. The problem with this deal is not the fairness of its price, it is its contradiction with the ruling party's slogan of fiscal responsibility. When you don't dare to make such a simple case, you wonder why you can't get elected?!!!