Mr. Speaker, the refurbishment of our CF-18s was meant to keep them airborne until 2020, no later. As the air force chief told our national defence committee, “I think we have pretty much done what we can with that airplane”.
Facing similar circumstances and timetables, Israel, Australia, the U.K. and the U.S all have backup plans in place.
Why is the government content to monitor the situation while our allies in the F-35 program are taking action and implementing backup plans?