Cost of Liberal government's defence plan has jumped by $50B, PBO says

The cost of the Liberal government’s nearly seven-year-old marquee defence plan has jumped by over $50 billion — mostly due to anticipated work on modernizing continental defence and delays in projects that should be underway — the federal budget watchdog said Wednesday.

Cost of Liberal government's defence plan has jumped by $50B, PBO says
Replacing the Royal Canadian Air Force's aging CF-18 fighter jets is a big-ticket defence spending project.

The cost of the Liberal government’s nearly seven-year-old marquee defence plan has jumped by over $50 billion — mostly due to anticipated work on modernizing continental defence and delays in projects that should be underway — the federal budget watchdog said Wednesday.