Here is a great story from the CBC on the F35 debacle.

Air Force’s F-35 recommendation was missing key information

A paragraph from the story is illuminating:

“If Canada is still buying it, they’ll be paying $200 million plus [per plane],” Sprey tells the fifth estate. “Because among other things, the promised quantity will never happen. Nations will drop out, lots of nations won’t be able to afford it and even the U.S. is going to keep on cutting back the buy, and as the buy is cut back, the cost is going to keep going up.”