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ORAC
So, the Liberals have won the Canadian general election.....
Goodbye F-35s, hello marijuana: What the Liberals are likely to do first
5. Fighter jets
The Liberals have promised to cancel the Conservative purchase of F-35 jets, which is expected to cost $44 billion over the jets’ four-decade life cycle. “We will immediately launch an open and transparent competition to replace the CF-18 fighter aircraft,” the platform says, specifying that the F-35’s “stealth first-strike capability” is not needed to defend Canada.
NATO force offerings for strike missions in the near term no problem, in the long term ... who knows?
I've seen the argument for the Super Hornets (or it's like) twin engine for Canada and a lot of them make sense to me.