Gordon O'Connor Also Buys Future Shop's Lifetime Warranties

In what can only be described as an error of omission, Gordon O'Connor announced today that the actual cost of supplying new (used German and Dutch -- Dutch?!) Leopard 2A6Mv tanks for Canadian troops in Afghanistan is double the initial cost reported to Parliament. Apparently, his thumb was covering the service cost contract for the next 20 years when he was last speaking to the issue. Well, glad he got back to us when he did..after all, it only doubled the cost from $650 million to $1.3 billion.

No biggie, right? Water under the bridge. I mean it's not like a government has ever been turfed for not being forthright about spending from the public purse. I hope the leopard print is nice...