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What is the name of those new jets the Harper Conservatives are purchasing? Are they the same as the F-35s as described in the following article?

The United States is making a gigantic investment in the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, billed by its advocates as the next — by their count the fifth — generation of air-to-air and air-to-ground combat aircraft. Claimed to be near invisible to radar and able to dominate any future battlefield, the F-35 will replace most of the air-combat aircraft in the inventories of the U.S. Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps, and at least nine foreign allies, and it will be in those inventories for the next 55 years. It’s no secret, however, that the program — the most expensive in American history — is a calamity.

To read the rest of this very interesting article, visit the Foreign Policy.

Michael Ignatieff took his election tour bus into the library in Vancouver’s Langara College this afternoon and addressed a roundtable of local advocates and community groups. The theme of Ignatieff’s talk was on the importance of family reunification.

Ujjal Dosanjh, sitting alongside Ignatieff told the gathered groups that, “Family reunification is a major factor in attracting skilled workers from around the world, but the Harper COnservatives have drastically reduced the numbers of family reunification immigrants since 2006.”

Ignatieff echoed Dosanjh’s comments by saying that he wants to be Prime Minister of Canada so that Canada lives up to its promise of delivering hope and opportunity for all Canadians.

Ignatieff added that, “For five years, Stephen Harper has slashed family reunification, turning his back on the important role families play in helping Canadians succeed. Along with their cuts to immigration settlement and language programs, Conservatives have shown once again that they don’t understand – and don’t accept the important contributions of new Canadians to Canada.”