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Prime Minister Mark Carney has asked for a review of Canada’s plan to purchase a fleet of F-35 fighter jets.

The deal with Lockheed Martin and the U.S. government is for 88 planes at a cost of about US$85 million each.

A spokesperson for Defence Minister Bill Blair said Carney has asked Blair to look into whether the F-35 contract is the best investment for Canada, or if there are better options.

“We need to do our homework given the changing environment, and make sure that the contract in its current form is in the best interests of Canadians and the Canadian Armed Forces,” Blair’s press secretary Laurent de Casanove said.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Trump has said on multiple occasions that Canada WILL become the 51st state. In order to keep at least a modicum of democracy alive here we must fight to save it, because every form of diplomacy we've tried has failed.

Trump wants Canada under his thumb, and when someone tells you who they are and what they want, believe them.

So yes, we need everything we can get to help the nation survive, including fighter jets ... although tbf I'm not even sure we'd get them in time. But we have to try, no matter what.

If that's not your thing, fine. You have every right to choose differently. But don't condemn those of us who are willing to fight.