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Trump administration growing impatient with Canada’s delayed F-35 choice

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Washington is signalling growing impatience with Ottawa’s delays on its F-35 purchase and broader defence reset.

U.S. defence officials applauded Canada’s 2022 selection of Lockheed Martin’s stealth fighter, and the plan to buy 88 of the U.S.-made jets, but political debate and shifting priorities have left only 30 under contract so far.

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