'Sticker Shock' could give F-35 debate resonance: Pollsters

Published September 8, 2010

The Harper government has been able to withstand criticism of its new fighter jet purchase because Canadians are paying more attention to personal and family problems such as employment and health care, or consider the fracas to be politics-as-usual, say polling experts.

But the largest single military procurement in Canadian history, the sole-sourced $9-billion contract to US-based Lockheed Martin for...