Don’t be challenged to tell the truth about our VIP aircraft

Everyone knows what they are, so why the official attempt to spin the Challengers into some sort of air-ambulance, utility delivery plane?

It is not the use of Challenger planes that causes the government embarrassment. It is the abuse of these executive jets for non-official personal travel that causes the public outrage, writes Scott Taylor.DND photograph by Master Corporal Pierre Thériault

Opinion

BY SCOTT TAYLOR

June 24, 2020

OTTAWA—On Saturday, June 6, the Department of National Defence made an announcement that it was purchasing two new Challenger Jets for the RCAF. This was a sole-source acquisition worth $105-million to aircraft manufacturer Bombardier. Given the weekend release of this news and the fact in this e...

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