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Originally Posted by MarchHare
Our forces absolutely need replacement fighters in the next 5-10 years, but I'm not convinced buying the best and most expensive option available to us makes sense (on a single-sourced no-bid contract at that!). Harper seems hell-bent on buying the F-35 when our defense needs might be just as capably met with a more modest option (like the Super Hornet, Eurofighter Typhoon, Saab Gripen, etc.). Unless we have an open competition with multiple bidders and evaluate all options on a combination of mission capabilities and price, we'll never know for sure that Canadian tax payers are getting the best value for their money on our new fighter purchase.
And does ANYONE still believe Harper's claim that the program will cost $75 million per plane?
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And that's pretty much besides the point which was in reference to the alarmist folks saying "the NDP will overspend and kill us economically!!" When if you actually look at things, no other party has spent more and got us deeper in debt than the Conservatives. Talk about cognitive dissonance. If you really cared about spending and government revenue you would absolutely not support the Conservatives based on their recent and long-term history. Couple that with the fact that the big new spending initiatives are on a) fighter jets, b) prisons and tough on crime spending for a problem that doesn't exist and c) corporate tax cuts it's just shocking that we are here trying to defend other parties.