Greg Weston reports for Sun Media that:
Today's tour of the federal funny farm takes us to National Defence headquarters, where the generals have concocted a truly novel battle plan to end political meddling in the bidding for huge military contracts.
Get rid of the bidding.
Sources tell us the defence department has drafted a detailed plan to buy up to $10 billion of new aircraft over the coming decade, an expenditure just slightly less than this year's entire military budget.
If all goes to plan, the biggest procurement program in Canadian history would include not a single competitive bid. Instead, the generals would simply pick the planes they fancy, the government would hand out the contracts, and taxpayers would be stuck with the tab.
No muss. No fuss. No bids to rig.
Offered without comment because the pure poison I would spew towards the ruling party would cause an environmental disaster.
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