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Then, during the 2015 federal election campaign, Justin Trudeau vowed that if the Liberals formed government they would not purchase the F-35s and would instead look for a cheaper option. Though just months later Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan signalled that the F-35 would not be excluded from the "open" fighter replacement competition.
The Liberals first said they'd be purchasing 18 Boeing Super Hornets in the interim, before backing out of that agreement amid tensions between the U.S. aerospace giant and Canadian company Bombardier. In November 2018 the government settled on procuring 18 used F-18s and up to seven additional non-flyable aircrafts for parts and training, from Australia.
Ah the liberal propaganda machine hard at work , perpetuating the lies. We have no money for veterans , military or seniors , but we have billions for our terrorists friends. Shit it's almost August, let's make it look like we are going to buy some new ( used) fighter jets
If we would have stayed with the Harper plan we would have had the F-35 in the air now and hundreds of jobs and thousands of spin off jobs that would come to Canada as part of the deal.
Been there. Done that. F35 that we helped develop
It must be election time.
Why 88?
Turkey’s share of parts and supply contracts for the F35 are now up for grabs. Just sayin...
Or spend some real money and get the Russian SU-35
This should have been done years ago..... Um wait I think it was
Just buy the Gyphon, cheaper, can land on any highway, takes 4 ppl to ground crew it. Did I mention cheaper
88 fighters is woefully inadequate to meet Canada’s defence needs. It doesn’t take into account that a dozen, or more, fighters will be used for basic and advanced training. Fails to take into consideration crashes that occur & would likely reduce operational fighters to 70 ..2
Just more promises Trudeau never intends to keep.
spend spend spend before he's kicked out of office in Oct!
Hopefully the Cons will make a statement saying they won't cancel a contract if one is awarded
Looking for votes
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