88 is also the number of keys on a piano. Maybe Canada is a big fan of Beethoven? Or maybe they just bought the exact number they needed without worrying what conspiracy theories internet commenters would dream up.

You might have a point if the story was something like "Canada's 88-point plan for dealing with undesirables", but we're talking about buying fighter jets.

Avoiding imaginary dog whistles and having nice round numbers apparently aren’t priorities to those doing national defense spending. I take comfort in that myself.

Wait until the famous international music label 88Rising[0] (based in the US and hosting massively popular artists such as Joji or Rich Brian) finds out about this. When will those asian "white supremacists" stop dogwhistling, am i right? lol

On a serious note, this might sound a bit aggressive, but get real. If you suspect that Canadian government made a decision to purchase 88 fighter jets specifically (to the tune of over $1bil) just to hit the "special dogwhistle number", then I have a bridge to sell you.

0. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/88rising

I see things at Walmart on sale for 14.88 all the time. Sometimes a number is just a number and people aren't thinking of what some people might associate it with.

> It should be noted that 88 can be found in non-extremist contexts.

You and the ADL can't be serious.

So do you think Canada is trying to send a message or do you think 19B CAD is just a round number?

It's also "Two Fat Ladies" in Bingo. What do you make of that? Is Canada pro-obesity?

Smh.