DND officials should be accountable for $16-billion fighter jets plan, too

The DND officials who provided Cabinet with the initial $5-billion estimated cost should answer questions too.

TORONTO—Lately, I've been writing about the bureaucracy's role in the affairs of Canadians. But bureaucrats aren't just tools used by politicians to implement agendas. It's the other way around. We have unelected officials who dispose of billions of dollars, often wasting most of them, whil...

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