Canada, A Short History
2010 - Under pressure from Washington to commit more deeply to JSF quickly, and without the awkward necessity for a competition, the Harper government decides to take advantage of a loophole that allows noncompetitive procurement if only one contractor can meet the requirement. The military hastily cobbles together a Statement of Requirements that (they say) rules out everything except the F-35.
2011-2012 - It emerges that (1) nobody in Canada checked to see whether anything else would meet the SoR and (2) the F-35 itself may not meet some of the mandatory requirements by the mandatory IOC date.
Late 2012 - LMT bets on Romney to win, openly challenging the competence of Pentagon customer. Woopsers, Romney loses. Message from Washington to Ottawa: "No guaranteed IOC date until mid-2013, and when there is one it may well be missing some Block 3F capes. Price
TBD."
2013 - Hilarity ensues.