OK so maybe it was the FrankenHornet;
The question remains, why if a converted CF/A18, or attempted make of an F/A18E-F, no big intakes, just apparently big leading root extensions - LERX - so I presume no engines to match, and even the F/A18E has not really proven up to wondrous AofA & tailsldes, sadly given other displays.
I presume the F-18E/F etc ( inc. other aircraft - how about disbanded F-14's ? ) has been made available to Canada, but at at a silly price; if I were in the U.S. I might be thinking of assisting the protection of one of one's most important borders !