{"id":151769,"date":"2018-02-08T05:30:14","date_gmt":"2018-02-08T10:30:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=151769"},"modified":"2025-01-07T16:29:36","modified_gmt":"2025-01-07T21:29:36","slug":"canadian-govt-to-review-helicopter-deal-with-ph","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/02\/08\/canadian-govt-to-review-helicopter-deal-with-ph\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadian gov\u2019t to review helicopter deal with PH"},"content":{"rendered":"
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According to Canada’s Trade Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne, the said deal struck in 2012 agreed that the helicopters would be used for search-and-resue missions (Photo<\/a>: Bell Helicopter\/Twitter<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

After the Philippine government formally signed a $233 million deal to buy 16 helicopters from the Canadian government on February 7, the Great White North announced that it will review the agreement.<\/p>\n

According to Canada\u2019s Trade Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne, the said deal struck in 2012 agreed that the helicopters would be used for search-and-rescue missions.<\/p>\n

However, Major-General Restituto Padilla, military chief of plans, in a Reuters report, noted that the helicopters could be of help for search-and-rescue operations for disaster relief operations, but said that “the helicopters will be used for the military\u2019s internal security operations.\u201d<\/p>\n

This was in line with President Rodrigo Duterte\u2019s armed forces modernization program.<\/p>\n

(Read: PH signs $233-M chopper deal with Canada vs. rebels<\/a>)<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen we saw that declaration\u2026 we immediately launched a review with the relevant authorities. And we will obviously review the facts and take the right decision,\u201d Champagne told reporters according to another Reuters report.<\/p>\n

Defense Seretary Delfin Lorenzana, who signed the government deal with the Canadian Commercial Corporation licensed to market the American military aircraft, defended the deal.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI met with the Bell people in Singapore two nights ago and they have no indicated any hitch in the project,\u201d Lorenzana said in a text message sent to reporters.<\/p>\n

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was asked if he was concerned if the helicopters will be used against Filipino citizens, to which he replied with, \u201cAbsolutely.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are going to make sure before this deal or any other deal goes through that we are abiding by the rules … that Canadian governments have to follow,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The Bell 412EPI choppers will be brought to the country early 2019.<\/p>\n

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For the next five years, the government is allotting P125 billion to modernize its armed forces; however, on the top of the list are equipment and armaments for internal security operations to conquer domestic threats as well as guard its maritime borders.<\/p>\n

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