Jack's Posts

Mr. Jack Harris (St. John's East, NDP):
Mr. Speaker, we will take no lessons on integrity from that member. He is defending one set of rules for the Conservatives, and another one for everybody else and blindly defending a man who made government spending announcements after learning he had violated election laws, a man who had his re-election campaign running before he resigned, a man trying to spend his way out of financial corruption allegations.

Mr. Jack Harris (St. John's East, NDP):

Mr. Speaker, it is astonishing that the Department of National Defence justified its decision for the F-35 based on this 160-word letter. The letter was produced as justification on the day that it was requested. It mentions the term fifth generation fighter four times in one paragraph to try to convince Public Works that the F-35 is the only plane for Canada. However, the Auditor General notes that the term fifth generation is not even a description of operational requirements. We know it is really just a marketing term.