F-35 beat Gripen fighter jet 'by a mile' in 2021 Defence Department competition

Based on metrics designed by Lockheed Martin? The Fat Amy[1] can be a good plane and clearly superior for certain tasks but unless Canada plans to be in a hot war where air power is paramount it would make more sense to get the Gripen and save a ton of money.

[1] https://www.google.com/search?q=fat+amy+f-35

Its recent performance against Russian S-300 anti-aircraft systems over Iran made its case in a very public way.