Conservative government won’t buy 14 additional F-35s anticipated for fleet attrition
'The government will not spend more than $9-billion on aircraft to replace Canada’s aging CF-18s,' says Associate Defence Minister Julian Fantino's communications director.
PARLIAMENT HILL—The government has ruled out an additional round of F-35 fighter jets that one expert says would have added a minimum of $1-billion to the $9-billion purchase price the government has been citing in the controversy over the plan to acquire the stealth warplanes.
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