"Canadian defense officials have strongly made the case that Ottawa should stick to a plan to buy 88 Lockheed Martin Corp F-35 fighter jets rather than splitting the order, two sources familiar with the matter said on Thursday.
"The review stops short of making a formal recommendation, one of the sources said.
“The final decision rests with the Liberal government of Prime Minister Mark Carney, said the sources, who requested anonymity given the sensitivity of the situation.”
The idea that the “best” product is one that we have to rely on another country to not only build, but to maintain, fix, update software/firmware…No thank you.
The Gripens that come with the knowledge transfer (and jobs creation) of building, maintaining, and fixing them ourselves? That’s a way higher value than anyone in government seems to realize.
Why would we want to rely on the country that has threatened our sovereignty for our fighters?! Is our government really that dumb?
They are just part of the problem. Rich people who think they know better. Or they just have stocks with locheed and want to pad their bank accounts