Many are angry that instead of the promised $16 billion cost of the new F-35′s the actual price tag will be more than $25 billion but Canadians shouldn’t forget that originally not only did this government continually claim the cost would only be $9 billion, Stephen Harper, Peter MacKay, Tony Clement, and other Conservatives claimed the jets would be even cheaper.
From the above video, on March 30, 2011 during the general election Stephen Harper said:
“We’re buying these jets at a time when the production costs continue to fall. We have significant contingencies and all the information suggests well within the cost estimates of these jets.”
On July 16, 2010 announcing the F-35 agreement, Peter MacKay said:
“It’s a situation right now that at 9 billion dollars we don’t anticipate that the cost per aircraft is going to go up… We will hold the company . . . → Read More: The Scott Ross: The F-35 Boondoggle