U.S. Ambassador Pete Hoekstra had three messages this week: Don’t run those ads again, you will need to accept some tariffs and the F-35 contract is key to a deal. On all three elements, Canada’s Laurentian Elite lost their collectivist little minds.

Let’s start with the F-35 issue, the one that the Carney government has put front and centre with the visit of the Swedish royal family this week and false claims that building Sweden’s Gripen fighter jet will result in 10,000 jobs in Canada.

The idea that there would be 10,000 jobs created by building 100 or so Saab Gripen jets is laughable. Yet most of Canada’s media continues to repeat this public relations line without question, even though........

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