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Ottawa has started to make payments for key components for 14 additional U.S.-built F-35s, even as the Carney government has been reviewing future fighter-jet purchases in the context of trade tensions with Washington, sources have told CBC News.

The money for these 14 aircraft is in addition to the contract for a first order of 16 F-35s, which will start being delivered to the Canadian Armed Forces at the end of the year.

According to sources, the new expenses are related to the purchase of so-called “long-lead items,” which are parts that must be ordered well in advance of the delivery of a fully assembled aircraft.

Canada had to make these expenditures to maintain its place in the long-term delivery schedule and avoid being replaced by other buyers in the queue, sources said.

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[–] Alloi@lemmy.world 8 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

thought i wrote this comment and forgot about it lol.

i think we may have a "canadian bacon" style drama played out in the political theatre of the world stage.

carney is a banker, and relatively rich one as well. whos used his station to stoke companies that we know hes involved with and invested in. and that have global oligarchs and billionairs involved, often with american origins.

i believe its all just a show, coke and pepsi, same company. the beurgeois look out for each other, and they own the media, so the story we get is the one they want us to hear.

using fear of american invasion or economic annexation has given the ruling class a blank cheque, and they seem to be using it to do the opposite of what they claimed they would use it for.

fighting climate change, fighting fascism, authoritarianism, expanding social programs and lowering the price of housing, groceries, etc.

they placate us with crumbs and claim its a feast, a payment here, a "working class tax cut" there. but in the end all it does is enrich the private entities its supposed to combat.

its all bullshit. its all a show. and the majority of people are too caught up in the headlines and clickbait titles to actually read the oldest and most consistent subtext.

the rich get richer, the poor get poorer. they distract us with bread and circus and hate for our fellow man. sowing division and fear, only to increase their chokehold on the people.

the best thing a leftist has to say about carney is that he isnt pierre poilievre. but he conveniently came at a time where the left was desperate for options, and the media sold him as our "trump card" and this is what we get..... a literal conservative, passing himself off as a liberal, the only difference being that he "supports LGBTQ rights" because its politically convenient for him to do so. if it wasnt, then he wouldnt.

all we got so far is more pipelines, an LNG plant, and laws that reduce the power of the people, and incresse the police/surveillance state. "for our safety". and a separatist movement who carney seems to ignore the treasonous implications and leadership by his new pipeline buddy, danielle smith.

and most of the new infrastructure built for these oil projects will be paid for publicly, but owned privately. and in part owned by large multinational companies, some with american origins.

counter intuitive to say the least.

its all bullshit.

the rich get richer, the poor get poorer.

the fact is, canada has no gold reserves, its main source of reserve currency is USD, US treasury bonds....fucking petrodollars....

if the US fails. we go down with them.

we arent fighting shit. they are integrating us into a future run by anarcho capitalists and techno feudalists.

[–] AGM@lemmy.ca 4 points 7 hours ago

Yep. The empire is not one of nation states. It's not the US government on top. The empire is one of money, and the empire owns the nation states. The US government is just the empire's most powerful tool.