Never said that the F35 was a bad plane, just question the use of resources.
How are they not sacrificing icebreaker support? They promised three, but now they've scaled back to one, the Diefenbaker. We aren't getting 9 icebreakers. The rest of the frigates they've committed are only good for ice up to a meter thick. This means they may be fine for the summer, but not year round arctic capability. Maybe they're better for global misadventures and the summer cruise season instead.
I don't see us in a guns-a-blazing battle for the Arctic. We'll lose our rights slowly and economically over time because we didn't do the geologic surveys, can't carry out the search and rescue, don't contain big oil and the PMO can't manage the diplomatic corps.
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