F-35s mired in controversy

Or a bunch of Saab Gripens for the same price, or a fleet of Eurofighter Typhoons for roughly $10 billion

Bottom line is that if it were not for the obstinacy of Harper & his cowed cabal, we would not be having this problem in the first place. For all intents & purposes the F-35 DOES NOT WORK!!. There are better alternatives already flying & available as we speak & yet the bloody Conservatives are running around like dogs trying to catch a speeding car. When they catch it they have no idea what to do with it. In the meantime our men & women are sitting around being shafted by a bunch of politicians!! Actually that is incorrect; "Chopper" MacKay is out showing Julio "I have no idea what I am doing" Fantino how the latest helicopters get in & out of fishing camps.

Buy a fleet of Super Hornets then think about the F-35.

The Aussies bought the Super Hornet to replace their retired F-111's. Canada has the upgraded Hornet capable of service to about 2016-2020 timeframe which is the scheduled US IOC of tha F-35A which is the variant that Canada wants. I do not agree that the F-35 is the perfect aircraft, BUT is the only available 5th Gen aircraft available to us. I cannot see Russia or china or any other country developing a fifth Gen Fighter selling us their latest technology because they are all effectively drawing board designs or in the case of Sukhoi's T-50,a very early developmental design/prototype. So between a rock and a hard place that would be akin to purchasing used F-16 block 30's to go up newer aircraft like the Mig-29, Su-27 or the very aesthetically pleasing EF-200o or their chinese copy - The Chengdu J10