F-35 Contract.

If you listen to the liberals and what they are saying about the F-35 fighter jet contract.

"The Liberals say that if they form the next government, they will put on hold a much-rumoured $16-billion sole-sourced fighter jet contract..."

 This sounds familiar, to all of us. It was when in 1993 Prime Minister Elect Jean Chretien cancelled the EH101 helicopter contract, costing us taxpayers $500 million, just to cancel the job. Over the next several years the Chretien government cut back on healthcare (remember the '95 budget when Paul Martin cut $25 billion) and Defense. What happens next is there would be a terrorist attack (9-11) and Canada would be asked to send 1,000 troops into Afghanistan. But there was a problem. We couldn't move them. Not the troops or any equipment. It could be embarrassing. There we excuses by Chretien himself who said that most countries don't do their own deployment that they usually ask other  
countries to do it. He said the U.S. and Britain are the only exceptions. But to myself I would ask, even if that were true, why wouldn't we do our own deployment anywhere, including our own Country. We have a small population, but Canada is still very wealthy, very rich in resources. It is a very huge land mass. to cover, and protect. And these liberals want to leave it unprotected by taking apart it's Defense. Again. 

It's easier to take something apart then to build it.

What's more, it costs more. The liberals have always been against the Armed forces. So who are they to criticize this Government over it's acquisition of fighter jets? It may cost more, even more then what people wish for or expect. The latest figure I've heard is $35 billion. But ask this: Would you spend the money to feel protected and even to feel a little bit of pride knowing that our Country is protected from foreign enemy? The same fighter jet (F-35) that costs maybe $35 million today will cost $40 million in another year or two. The liberal way is just cancel the thing  and it costs nothing. 
 But let's go back to that penalty for cancelling that EH-101 helicopter program. $500 million dollars. Did it make a difference? Did taxes go up? Well, I think the liberals would have done what they were going to do, with or without that contract. But the difference is that we did without that helicopter and instead we were stuck with those Sea King Helicopters which we knew, could not do the job. It could not do search and rescue missions, it could not deploy any troops anywhere, not from one city like toronto to halifax. It costs so many more millions just to just to keep them afloat. For years, the Conservatives told them to spend more money on Defense. Prime Minister Stephen Harper when in Opposition promised he would build the armed forces back to it's respectable image it once had. 

I'm not going to pretend I know everything about this subject but I do know that liberals have never supported the armed forces. They cancel current military contracts, they cut their budget, there are soldiers' who waited for years for compensation for being injured in the line of duty, which during the 1990's was mostly peacekeeping missions. There was no new equipment, no recruitment, just an excuse from Jean Chretien said we don't need a Defense. We don't need a new tank. 

If there were going to be a layoff in the Chretien Government, Art Eggleton (Minister of Defense) would have been the first to go. 

 One other thing, the '95 budget the liberals cut $25 billion dollars in Healthcare spending. That's a lot of money. That will make a big difference in how our healthcare is delivered. What if there was no Doctor or Ex-ray technician. What if we waited for hours to see a Doctor? 
 Can the liberals honestly say that they wouldn't cut what Canadians call our most sacred social program in the Country? The answer is Yes they would, they already have. They will do it again. I'm not 
saying there should not be a private system. If it would cost less. A lot less. It's not the end of the world. 
We'll be okay. Jean Chretien said in '93 he would get rid of the GST. I'd like to see what liberals will say when Healthcare is gone. Here is the  latest:

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2010/07/15/liberals-fighter-jets.html