http://www.janes.com/article/54685/cana ... ticipation
Canada's opposition Liberal Party would end the country's participation in the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter programme if it gains control of the government, party leader Justin Trudeau said on 20 September.
"A Liberal government will ... do what the [current Conservative government] ought to have said years ago: 'We will not buy the F-35 fighter jet'," he stated.
Instead of purchasing F-35s, Trudeau said he would launch an "open and transparent competition" for a more affordable replacement for Canada's Boeing (McDonnell Douglas) CF-18 Hornet combat aircraft.
Well, NDP kinda have my vote to begin with, this kinda seals the deal. Conservatives arent doing too bad, we survived the economic crisis from 2008 pretty well, and slight recessions we are having now...although the new bill kinda made a lot of canadians second class citizens, including me...


The liberals are... honestly, i dont really know what they are doing lol
But anyways, back to the planes. F35 alternatives have been looked far and wide, from rafale to grippens, and every time they kinda shove it off. There is a life extension program to f18 but that wont extend very long, only to the mid 2020s iirc.
For now, I say we will just for the F-35, even though I hate that plane for its looks.. and its not going to cost well cause canada is cheapskate in military budget, i remember reading news that our soldier spends 50 rounds per year in training only and helicopters basically have to be disassembled and put back to maintain it every time after it flew . The military are ripping parts from the museum for their planes...
Our navy is probably the only good side of it since we are making new destroyers and i just might join...
Thankfully, I doubt the liberal will win anyways, they and the frenchies got their ass kicked last time in the election of No-Confidence