Harper Calls F-35 Contracts Vital to Canadian Manufacturing
- PM comments after Trudeau pledges to scrap jet purchase
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Prime Minister Stephen Harper said supplier contracts linked to building Lockheed Martin Corp.’s F-35 jets are vital to Canada’s manufacturers, opening up a campaign rift with Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau who says the aircraft are too expensive.
“We have been participating actively in the development of this plane,” Harper said Monday in St. Jacobs, Ontario, calling Trudeau’s proposal to abandon the purchase “bad policy.”