Ontario buying new aircraft to fight fires, pushes back against US criticism

https://eu.detroitnews.com/story/news/world/2026/07/17/canada-wildfires-ontario-doug-ford/90957976007/

41 points · 9 comments · view on lemmy.world

9 Comments

wirebeads@lemmy.ca · 13 pts · 36d

Americans are really just the dummest motherfuckers on the planet.

I’d love for our governments to call back all our Canadian firefighters helping with the fires down there right now.

Most ungrateful humans on the planet. I hope they fucking choke harder on the smoke. Rancid losers. Americans suck.

skankhunt42@lemmy.ca · 11 pts · 36d (2 replies)

Ontario will spend C$650 million on five helicopters and six water bombers

From the EU, I hope.

CapuccinoCoretto@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 36d

We make water bombers. Helis from EU make sense.

iturnedintoanewt@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 35d

They have their own aircraft industry.

Bebopalouie@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 36d (1 reply)

I wonder how many planes the US are buying. If you look at the US fire map, there’s a heck of a lot of them.

Typotyper@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 35d

FreeBooteR69@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 36d

It's not going to be enough. The only solution is electrification and carbon capture on a world wide scale. Too bad we don't have that kind of leadership, yet.

Reannlegge@lemmy.ca · -6 pts · 36d (2 replies)
[ removed ]
albbi@piefed.ca · 14 pts · 36d

How dare Ontario buy aircraft with their own money and not send things west? Grr, makes me so mad let's separate! /s

This is Ontario buying things, not the federal government.

adespoton@lemmy.ca · 6 pts · 36d

You know that these were purchased by Toronto, not Ottawa, right?

And the ones recently purchased by Ottawa are currently being operated out of Abbotsford, BC?