No, I am observing that what Canada is doing here is fulfilling its obligations to NATO and, more specifically, the US. The comment I was replying to, and other

No, I am observing that what Canada is doing here is fulfilling its obligations to NATO and, more specifically, the US. The comment I was replying to, and others here, seemed to assume that they bought these jets because they actually needed them for defense, or because they are just great airplanes.