Prime Minister Mark Carney has asked for a review of Canada’s deal with U.S.-based Lockheed Martin to purchase F-35 fighter jets.
Canada’s deal with Lockheed Martin and the U.S. government involves the purchase of 88 planes, with a price tag of about US$85 million each.
A spokesperson for Defence Minister Bill Blair said that Carney, who was sworn in as the new prime minister on March 14, has asked Blair to look into whether the deal is the best for Canada or if there might be better options.
“We need to do our homework given the changing environment, and make sure that the contract in its current form is in the best interests of Canadians and the Canadian Armed Forces,” Blair’s press secretary Laurent de Casanove said….