NDP calls for feds to pull the plug on American F-35 order, and buy Swedish Gripen planes instead

Moving ahead with the contracted F-35 purchase in the face of aggression by U.S. President Donald Trump 'is fraught with risk, economically damaging to Canada, and contrary to the Carney government's own express policies,' say New Democrats.
Purchasing F-35s from the U.S. would render Canada more vulnerable to American pressure, say NDP interim leader Don Davies, right, and the defence critic Lori Idlout, left.

New Democrats say the federal government should immediately cancel the order for 88 American F-35 fighter jets and instead buy Swedish-built Gripen planes “to defend the Arctic in partnership with like-minded allied countries.”

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