Our government signed a contract to purchase aircraft that they cancelled 7 years ago. They wasted 7 years and billions in Canadian tax payer money.

Ya, Canadian politics at it's finest!

I don't understand.

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Canadian government is committing to a deal that we can NOT afford.
All that money is better spent on fixing our infrastructure and social programs.
We have to many homeless and tax payers suffering.
They are guilt of squandering tax payer's money.

Oof. They decided to not go with the Gripen-E from Sweden, which could have been a better move for a few reasons. And the timeline for delivery plus cost per plane is rather questionable. And yeah, one would think that the navy needs the money more.