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Liberal Minority Government 2025 - ???

This is just way out for Carney to pretend to be Elbows Up (TM) and fulfill a cardinal Trudeau promise of canceling the F35. Its pure political theatre and pretty transparent for non-partisans.

If we order Gripens, we're going to be flying them for 30 years beyond when the US has retired its last Gen4 aircraft because they're not getting delivered until 2035 at the earliest if we have to open production lines. No amount of contortionist estimate situating will change that fact.
I do not see how that is remotely relevant to Canada.
Ukraine is in the middle of a special military operation. That bumps them up in the queue.

Saab says Canada's air force could have Gripen fighter jets in as little as 3 years​


Should Canada choose to fly the Swedish-built Gripen-E, the country’s air force could receive the first aircraft as quickly — or perhaps even sooner — than the long-awaited American-manufactured F-35, the CEO of Saab signalled Thursday.

Micael Johansson also said the defence giant is willing to set up not only an assembly factory in Canada, but a full-fledged manufacturing centre and a research and development hub.

He added, however, that the deal, which would include technology and intellectual property transfers, would be predicated on Canada deciding to purchase the fighter.

Like I said.
 
'Low probability' the Carney government will hit any of its fiscal anchors, says budget watchdog
Ottawa’s fiscal watchdog says there’s a “low probability” that the Carney government will reach any of the three targets that it has referred to as its fiscal anchors, just months after establishing those key long-term benchmarks.
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Jason Jacques, the interim Parliamentary Budget Officer (PBO), told a parliamentary committee Thursday that there’s only a 7.5 per cent chance that the government, for example, will hit its target of reducing Canada’s deficit-to-gross domestic product (GDP) ratio over each of the next few years.

Damn, they should have used guard rails instead of anchors.
 
As I said in another tread, I fail to see the logic in replacing Gen 4 fighters with Gen 4 fighters.
 
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