Irek Kusmierczyk at the Government Operations and Estimates Committee

On September 29th, 2022. See this statement in context.

September 29th, 2022 / 4:20 p.m.

Liberal

Irek Kusmierczyk Liberal Windsor—Tecumseh, ON

Thank you very much.

I have a question for Mr. Carroll.

Gripen is arguably one of the best fighter jets in Europe, but in the last number of months, we've seen the F-35 win bids in European countries, in 2018 in Belgium and in 2020 in Poland. Switzerland, Finland, Germany and Czechoslovakia all selected the F-35, and they all operate within the same theatre of operations, arguably.

Can I ask what advantage it has, for example, for a country that is going to be operating in that theatre to follow suit, follow the same plane and platform and acquire the same plane and platform that other European countries are acquiring?

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