Lawson’s appointment to chief of defence staff will affect F-35 debate, says NDP

General Thomas J. Lawson advocated for a stealth fighter jet for Canada in an essay about the North American Aerospace Defence Command he wrote for an edition of the Canadian Military Journal earlier this summer.

PARLIAMENT HILL—The appointment of a top air force officer who has publicly argued Canada requires a stealth warplane jet to match similar attack aircraft under development in China and Russia will have an “inevitable” effect on the growing debate over the government’s co...

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