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اعلنت الحكومة الفدرالية رسميا عن تراجعها في شراء الاف 35
و يذكر الخبر ايضا تخوف شركات الصناعات الجوية الكندية في قرار التراجع لخسارتها المحتمله لمليارات الدولارات
و للمزيد
(Source: Toronto Globe & Mail; published Apr. 24, 2012)
OTTAWA --- The federal government is officially back-tracking on the process of buying the F-35 stealth fighter, part of a reassessment of the purchase that’s causing anxiety among Canadian companies hoping to tap billions of dollars in spin-off work for the jets.
The Department of National Defence has issued a significant correction to the “Plans and Priorities” report it tabled in Parliament for MPs last year.
In an “erratum” note, it says the 2011-12 report wrongly described the F-35 purchase as being in “definition” project phase, which generally means an item has already received preliminary approval from Treasury Board, the gatekeeper for federal spending.
Instead the decision to buy a next-generation fighter is being reclassified as being in “option analysis” phase, which means Ottawa is still determining what it needs in terms of a plane.
In the note, National Defence blames an unknown bureaucrat for the snafu, saying someone made a “typographical error” in the 2011-12 “Report on Plans and Priorities.”
The annual Reports on Plans and Priorities are an important accountability exercise for federal departments, which must file these documents in the Commons each year.
The Conservatives have hit the reset button on the decision to buy the jets following a hard-hitting report by Auditor General Michael Ferguson that criticized DND for withholding information on the purchase from political decision makers.
This back-tracking has introduced uncertainty for the Canadian aerospace industry.
Maryse Harvey, a spokeswoman for the Aerospace Industries Association of Canada, confirmed growing concerns in the private sector as Ottawa re-evaluates its F-35 plans.
“If Canada doesn’t buy the F-35, there will be an impact on Canada’s contribution as a partner and the benefits that we receive from this platform. It will be a proportional impact.” (end of excerpt)
و يذكر الخبر ايضا تخوف شركات الصناعات الجوية الكندية في قرار التراجع لخسارتها المحتمله لمليارات الدولارات
و للمزيد
(Source: Toronto Globe & Mail; published Apr. 24, 2012)
OTTAWA --- The federal government is officially back-tracking on the process of buying the F-35 stealth fighter, part of a reassessment of the purchase that’s causing anxiety among Canadian companies hoping to tap billions of dollars in spin-off work for the jets.
The Department of National Defence has issued a significant correction to the “Plans and Priorities” report it tabled in Parliament for MPs last year.
In an “erratum” note, it says the 2011-12 report wrongly described the F-35 purchase as being in “definition” project phase, which generally means an item has already received preliminary approval from Treasury Board, the gatekeeper for federal spending.
Instead the decision to buy a next-generation fighter is being reclassified as being in “option analysis” phase, which means Ottawa is still determining what it needs in terms of a plane.
In the note, National Defence blames an unknown bureaucrat for the snafu, saying someone made a “typographical error” in the 2011-12 “Report on Plans and Priorities.”
The annual Reports on Plans and Priorities are an important accountability exercise for federal departments, which must file these documents in the Commons each year.
The Conservatives have hit the reset button on the decision to buy the jets following a hard-hitting report by Auditor General Michael Ferguson that criticized DND for withholding information on the purchase from political decision makers.
This back-tracking has introduced uncertainty for the Canadian aerospace industry.
Maryse Harvey, a spokeswoman for the Aerospace Industries Association of Canada, confirmed growing concerns in the private sector as Ottawa re-evaluates its F-35 plans.
“If Canada doesn’t buy the F-35, there will be an impact on Canada’s contribution as a partner and the benefits that we receive from this platform. It will be a proportional impact.” (end of excerpt)
ليس لديك تصريح لمشاهدة الرابط، فضلا قم ب تسجيل الدخول او تسجيل
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