From what I recall, the India price sky rocketed due to India's insistance that Dassault build factories, provide the tech and training for planes to be built in India. Dassault initially said no because the planes would be built in India but Dassault would be on the hook for repairs, they couldn't ensure quality control of the planes built there so it was a non-starter. For Canada Dassault simply needed to provide the blue prints and source codes, then they would be built under licence in Canada (Dassault appeared more confident in our abilities as we already manufacture aircraft).
I don't believe we'll be getting 65 F35 for 16 billion, not with exchange anyway.
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