Seven years after vowing not to purchase F-35 jets, the Liberals are now buying them 'The Conservative government never actually justified or explained why they felt Canada needed a fifth-generation fighter,' Trudeau said in 2015. Advertisement 2 Story continues below This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. “We will not buy the F-35 fighter jet,” he said, adding that if elected there would be a cheaper alternative. Article content The F-35, she said, had proven itself to be both a mature and interoperable aircraft. Article content While final costing has yet to be determined, the deal’s expected to be worth about $19-billion.

Source: National Post March 29, 2022 04:02 UTC