Ottawa Citizen article on Tory Plan for new CARGO JETS

[George Wallace]

http://www.canada.com/ottawa/ottawacitizen/news/story.html?id=24c6de76-2754-4429-9e07-ee56071d7aa2

Tory plan for new cargo jets a good idea, DND concludes
A Conservative party proposal to acquire aircraft to quickly transport overseas Canadian Forces units like the Disaster Assistance Response Team is feasible and relatively inexpensive, says a newly released Defence Department analysis.

This article in the Saturday, 8 Jan 2005 edition of the Ottawa Citizen, goes on to state that the plan put forward in the last election, by the Conservatives and ridiculed by the Liberals, was studied by DND and found to be more cost effective than continually renting Soviet Transport Aircraft.  It concluded, that the purchase of four or six giant C-17 Transports would be cheaper and more reliable than constantly renting aircraft. 

GW