The Imperial Presidency, Part 2

[robkelk]

Black Hawk down: Trump's trade war pauses Canadian helicopter deal

So, Canada isn't buying any more aircraft from Lockheed-Martin or its subsidiaries as long as we don't have a free trade deal with the USA (and we have zero interest in signing an inequitable deal). Our choice where to spend our defence budget.

Which means that, in the short run at least, we're using CH-146 Griffons instead of Black Hawks. (For folks who don't follow helicopters, that's kind-of-sort-of like using a vintage Corvette instead of a modern F-150 -- both good vehicles, but intended for vastly different roles and the older one's more difficult to keep running.) The price of sovereignty...