Poilievre’s Conservatives should dig deep into $300-billion price tag for new Navy warships, not ‘gotcha’ issues of the past

The Government Operations and Estimates Committee is especially well-positioned to set the agenda and investigate critical defence matters as it is chaired by a member of the opposition party.

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, pictured Sep. 13, 2022, on the Hill. Alan Williams suggests Poilievre's Conservative MPs should focus on the massive shipbuilding contract instead of focusing on small 'gotcha' issues of the past.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY ALAN WILLIAMS

November 7, 2022

Apparently, the government chose option No. 1, to bury its head in the sand. On Oct. 27, the Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) reported that the cost to build 15 Canadian Surface Combatants (CSC) was to be in excess of $300-billion. On Oct. 31 in The Hill Times, I proposed three options ...

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