The federal government is once again being pressed to reconsider its previously announced decision to buy a fleet of F-35 stealth fighter jets. “This time the argument isn’t about cost or procurement problems, it’s about what’s inside the plane.”
Prime Minister Harper told reporters last week that the Canadian government has not changed its position on missile defence. But he declined to rule out joining the program in the future.
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The Conservative government may be quietly revisiting a decade-old decision not to join the U.S. ballistic missile defence (BMD) program.
Less than two months after the final Canadian troops pulled out of Afghanistan, Prime Minister Stephen Harper hosted our country’s first National Day of Honour “to recognize those who fought and to remember the fallen” throughout the 12-year mission.