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OTTAWA 鈥?Canada auditor general has started to dig into one of the Trudeau government most contentious claims, upon which rests the fate of hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars: that the country is facing an urgent shortage of fighter jets.The claim was first made in November 2016 when the Liberals announced that Canada didn ;t have enough fighter jets to defend North America and simultaneously meet the country NATO commitments, and that a stopgap was urgently needed until the entire CF-18 fleet could be replaced.The government originally planned to buy 18 interim Super Hornets from Boeing for $6.4 billion before the deal was scuttled late last year in favour of buying 25 used jets from Australia for $500 million. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW But critics, including opposition parties and former air force commanders, accuse the governm
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stanley becher 8221; 鈥?as the shortfall is known 鈥?by changing the military requirements to avoid having to buy the F-35 stealth fighter.Auditor general Michael Ferguson is now scrutinizing this capability gap as part of an overall fighter-jet review, according to an internal memo written by officials at the federal procurement department and obtained by The Canadian Press through access to information legislation. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW The memo to Public Servi
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Its beginning to look like the Christmas school break could extend deeper into January because of the pandemic.Education Minister Stephen Lecce signalled Tuesday that students could lose classroom time with COVID-19 infections expected to increase into the new year, and promised details in the next week or two. Despite repeated assurances there is a low rate of transmission in schools, Lecce said computer models predicting as many as 6,500 infections daily by mid-December have prompted him to discuss options with chief medical officer Dr. David Williams. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW They may include some time
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stanley mug ould lead to increased spread of the virus. We have to be prepared for this potential circumstance, said Lecce, who has already warned school boards to have plans in place to move to online learning exclusively if it becomes necessary. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW Families will get advance notice so parents can make any adjustments necessary with their jobs, said Premier Doug Ford, who last week warned the province is staring down the barrel of another lockdown after a string of new daily highs in cases.Ontario reported 1,249 new infections on Tuesday, down from Saturdays record of 1,581, with the seven-day average at 1,423, just shy of
