Does Canada really need the CF-35 Joint Strike Fighter?

With Trudeau's Liberals dropping in the polls, maybe it is not too late to bring out their old campaign promise to axe the F-35 contract if elected again?

The saga to to replace the RCAF's aged-out CF-18 Hornet fighter jets could turn into election campaign fodder, writes Scott Taylor. DND photograph by Cpl. Pierre Habib

Opinion

BY SCOTT TAYLOR

April 29, 2024

OTTAWA—The controversial procurement of 88 new F-35 fighter jets for the Royal Canadian Air Force was back in the news again last week. An anonymous whistleblower leaked documents to National Post columnist John Ivison which resulted in an article entitled �...

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