Politics Insider: Lockheed Martin offers more local jobs if Ottawa will honour full F-35 contract

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Hello, welcome to Politics Insider. Let’s look at what happened today. Lockheed Martin, the U.S. defence giant that builds the F-35 fighter jet, has offered to create more jobs in Canada if Ottawa buys all the jets it said it would when the $19-billion contract to buy 88 warplanes was announced in 2023. Prime Minister Mark Carney threw that contract into doubt late last week when he ordered a review of the purchase agreement amid concerns about the ongoing trade war with the United States. On another note, Carney is poised to call a snap federal election Sunday for an...