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Podcast: Brian Crombie Radio Hour
Episode: Brian Crombie Radio Hour - Epi 802 - Canada's Purchase of F-35 Fighter Aircraft with Richard Shimooka
Description: Brian interviews Richard Shimooka. Richard is a Senior Fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute. He was a Senior Fellow at the Defence Management Studies Programme at Queen’s University from 2007–2012, and a Research Fellow at the Conference of Defence Associations Institute from 2012-2017. Richard works cover a diverse array of topics, including Canadian and American foreign and defence policy, modern air power and defence procurement. Richard talks about the government’s announcement of the purchase of F-35 Fighter Aircraft. We discuss The F-35 Program, Defence Procurement, the war in Ukraine and Canadian military preparedness.