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Canadian military backs F-35 while Spain and India reject the U.S. fighter jet
(ottawacitizen.com)
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Dear American newspaper: the deal was already signed for some of it, so backing out completely - as you fucking well know - isn't possible.
Parliament can cancel a contract at any time, for any reason, with no financial penalties, and it's likely there's a clause in the contract itself whereby the minister can do this even without parliament. That's why many of the discussions revolve around whether Canada should go ahead with all 88 jets or just the 16(?) we have ~~already paid for.~~ edit: article says "financially committed to", so I'm not 100% sure we've paid already. If not, then yeah I'm pretty sure we can cancel the whole thing if we want to
Here's the relevant part of the procurement laws https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/d-1/page-2.html#h-171862
See section 21 which reads as follows: