This reminds me of when Paul Martin tried to drop $13B on DND to make a splash ahead of an election. But they have the same problem now as they did then: there aren't enough employees to create the contracts to spend that kind of money in time to have delivery by March 31st. Even if you got a contract or two out, can a manufacturer churn out billions in product that fast without having to first build more infrastructure? Can services be procured without hiring and training enough people first? Didn't fly for Martin either. The investment only paid dividends by the time Harper was in office, so guess who the CAF rank and file was grateful to.