Canada ditches buying the F-35 lemon

The current cost of Abbott's decision to purchase a few F-35's that don't work is $24 billion. For just 58 planes. 

That could buy a lot of stuff that would help a lot of Australians. Or even halve that and buy other cheaper planes from somewhere that actually work.

BTW I chose a picture of them on the ground, which is pretty much where they belong.

Canada's new government will dump the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, the troubled and expensive stealth jets Australia has committed $24 billion to buy. 

The victorious Liberals leader Justin Trudeau has also pledged to put a stop to his country's role in bombing Islamic State targets in strife-torn Syria, where the Australian air force recently commenced operations, as well as Iraq. 

The demise of Conservative leader Stephen Harper marks the end of an era in close ties with Coalition figures in Australia, with Mr Harper initially close to John Howard during the early days of his leadership before later befriending Tony Abbott. 

Mr Trudeau vowed in September during the election campaign to open a fresh competition to replace Canada's ageing fighter jets, rather than continuing with the F-35 program. 

"There are many other fighters at much lower price points that we can use that have been proven, that we will actually be able to deliver in a timely way," he said at the time. 

Australia and Canada had joined with the US in a nine-nation deal to build what has been dubbed the world's most expensive weapon. canberratimes