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Why Canada should not buy a new fleet of fighter jets
13 minutes Posted Mar 23, 2022 at 1:00 pm.
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As the war in the Ukraine rages on, Canada is under increased pressure to re-arm. The Trudeau government response is a plan to buy 88 new fighter jets for an overall price tag of $76 billion. In response to that plan, Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom Canada has released a report titled Soaring: The Harms and Risks of Fighter Jets and Why Canada Must Not Buy a New Fleet. We speak with Tamara Lorincz, author of the report.