Cyclone helicopter contract revisions urged by report

A naval helicopter procurement program described as the worst in Canada's history was doomed from the start but could be made "viable and operationally relevant" if the federal government urgently adopts a new approach, says a confidential new report obtained by CBC News.

The independent evaluation of the multibillion-dollar purchase of 28 CH-148 Cyclone helicopters to replace a 50-year-old fleet of Sea Kings, obtained by CBC News Network's Power & Politics host Evan Solomon, concludes the government can get the problem-plagued program back on track by negotiating with primary supplier Sikorsky to "re-scope" the project's structure, specifications and delivery approach.

"[The] project could be viable and operationally relevant with a new structure and governance model as described in our recommendations," reads the report from Hitachi Consulting.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2013/09/04/pol-power-politics-cyclone-sea-king-helicopters-sikorsky.html

It is one thing to accuse the fiasco on the incompetence of procurement but then to take it out of their hands and put it under the control of total idiots like Peter MacKay and Rona Ambrose who know nothing about anything......

it is one thing to learn from your mistakes in life but this s#it costs taxpayers

Politics is a place to "Learn to spin on the job" not a place to "learn from costly mistakes" .... there is no such thing as saying "it's the fault of the previous government" when you have been consistently screwing voters for 7 years ....

YOU ARE THE PREVIOUS GOVERNMENT .... and are still screwing us