MOOSE JAW — Canada’s defence minister is about to make an announcement at the moment on the residence base of the Canadian Forces Snowbirds workforce.
David McGuinty’s go to to fifteen Wing Moose Jaw in Saskatchewan comes amid hypothesis about the way forward for the aerial acrobatic squadron.
Opposition Conservative member of Parliament Fraser Tolmie raised the problem of the workforce’s future earlier this month.
He instructed query interval that air reveals throughout North America are “quietly being instructed” they’ll’t e-book the Snowbirds for occasions in 2027 and that this summer time will likely be their ultimate season.
McGuinty replied that the workforce’s plane fleet is approaching the tip of its life, however the Snowbirds would proceed air demonstrations so long as the planes stay protected.
He mentioned the federal authorities is analyzing substitute choices however didn’t present a timeline for the way lengthy the Snowbirds may nonetheless carry out.
“Canadians can relaxation assured that they may be capable to benefit from the iconic Snowbird formation for generations to come back,” McGuinty later mentioned in a press release.
The Snowbirds, fashioned in 1971, have carried out at 1000’s of air reveals.
The Air Drive’s CT-114 Tutor jets, which the workforce makes use of, had been launched within the Sixties.
Tolmie, who represents Moose Jaw and is a former mayor of town, has mentioned it’s time to get the ball rolling on a substitute fleet contract and “save our Snowbirds.”
This report by The Canadian Press was first printed Might 19, 2026.
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