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Originally Posted by T@T
Good job Peter, your legacy as defense minister will be throwing away 100's of millions and a tonne of jobs in f-35 development contracts, and the real prize you'll get is no deals from the americans in future needs.
Dummy!
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I don't pretend to have any special knowledge but the ballooning costs associated with the F-35 project are making them less and less appealing as time goes by. The costs have made their way up to 40 billion dollars. Seriously that is a massive chunk of change and I think that having a sober second thought and not chasing sunk costs is good. Fact is Canada needs new fighter jets, but at what cost?
The Americans (or Lockheed) will still deal with Canada in the future - as long as we have a chequebook and are allies they will still be willing to sell us planes.