I would just note that with the F35 the procurement process was put on hold in 2012. The announcement today by Trudeau doesn't cancel the contract, because there is no contract. The reality is we have a lot of needs (planes, helicopters and all kinds of non-military issues of course), and the F35 is just not viable. Would it be awesome? Sure. But unless a government plans to invest substantial dollars and likely cut from somewhere else, I can't see it happening.
I mostly wanted to point out that there isn't a contract and frankly it doesn't appear as though the CPC was going ahead with this either, despite their comments today).
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