Feds not likely to back down from campaign promised F-35 purchase

Critics speculate that incoming Associate Defence Minister will re-examine F-35 procurement.

Despite the Conservatives' campaign promise to follow through on the planned purchase of 65 F-35 fighter jets, critics of the program say they are hopeful that newly-appointed Associate Defence Minister Julian Fantino will take a second look at Canada's largest ever military procurement.

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