Trudeau already screwed the Fighter Jet thing up long ago ,now it’s Tantrum Time
Canada started a trade war with the US without considering the fact that it is holding no cards. None. This is a pathetic effort at smoke and mirrors, acting like they have something to bargain with when they do not.
We can, and should, completely shut down the Canadian economy in response to Trudeau’s blustering betrayal following the G-6+1.
Dang commies.
I don’t think that ability to operate with the U.S. military will be all that important going forward. And I think the fear of obsolescence of the European design it probably overblown - if the RCAF goes with Hornets again what will their capabilities be like in 22 years? Finally, from a political standpoint this is probably not a great time for the government to award $20 billion contracts to the U.S. Likely get a better price from Europe anyway.
Canada has been short changing its military for a long time. I doubt a couple of airplanes will mean much in the cross border trade talks. Maybe Canada can arm a couple of Bombardier jets?