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The richest are already insulated from the majority of potential new tax measures. They should pay a fair share; tax the rich. You think the Irvings/Loblaws/etc.. are gonna pack up and move somewhere else with more competition vs staying home where they've already eliminated most of their...

Anyways.. After I watched that interview with the French PM I read that Macron is visiting in July. I suspect the French are courting us for Suffren SSNs or Orka Class that recently won the Dutch competition. Thoughts?

So what are everyones reasons for not liking Blair for MND?

Anyone know what our 3 NSS yards think of this project? Has greater crew integration into USN and RN SSNs been studied? At least build a sub rescue ship for the aging Victorias, and im sure allies would appreciate another rescue ship in the Atlantic...

Ah, I meant the P-8. I imagined a new Argus based on the P-8 with parts designed and built in Canada. We should maximize domestic industry capability in select areas, ASW being one of them. We're not going to be the only ones to fly this for the next 30 years so lets design some new parts...

Reservations are justified, but if done with care, public attention, industry and educational sector input we could develop an industrial niche and value-add to an internationally fielded platform with our most trusted allys, then yes. Invest in a platform, realize the potential to build...

We only announce this now so it'll be said during a Presidential briefing before he gets here. Sucks that the gov't thinks the only people who care about defence is the Americans and not our own people. They couldn't announce this after the invasion in UKR? not after the evacuation of HKIA when...

New Arctic Operations Base For UK Royal Marine Commandos A new Arctic operations base will support Britain’s commandos for the next ten years as the UK underscores its commitment to security in the High North. Naval News Staff 09 Mar 2023 Article link...

Perhaps a LAV-based ammo-carrier or reloader? Picturing the LAV chassis as a predecessor to the BOXERs swappable mission modules.

I smell an update for SSE coming shortly. Rumourmill on impending UOR contracts for AD, AT and counter-drone On social media, MND Anand with François-Philippe Champagne (Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry of Canada) are in Washington for 2 days in meetings with Boeing, LM, Raytheon on...

Austal USA at SNA 2023: Expeditionary Medical Ship EMS Something to keep for short-term HADR? An article from April 2022 The Navy’s First Medical Ship In 35 Years Will Be Unlike Any Before It While not a one-to-one replacement for either of the Navy’s huge medical ships, the new vessels will...

In your minds, what should the future of the RCMP look like? With staffing issues chronic and responsibilities growing in a landscape that is increasingly aware of the costs of policing, is it not prudent for the RCMP (and therefore gov't policy) to offload some responsibilities to the...

From Janes: Future Armoured Vehicles Survivability 2022: Canada seeks equipment in light of Ukraine conflict Source

Has partial public ownership of a factory/company not been brought up? This goes beyond just the C3 issue and should be a part of a larger approach to defence procurement. Provided a decision-maker cares enough to build an in-house solution: Figure out what we currently use enough to make...

I agree, it just makes more sense at the end of the day to just acknowledge that we're tied to the USA. This new Abrams being teased by GDLS at AUSA 2022 would be a big and quick win for GDLS with another Abrams nation. Buy into the US Abrams maintenance program for a big new facility/employer...

Aren't these things we should be aiming for? A Multi-Role Support Ship sure sounds useful in a crisis. UK Pursues Interim And Longer-Term Platform Options To Support Littoral Response Requirements The UK has announced that its casualty receiving and auxiliary ship RFA Argus will operate as an...

That's a decent summary of the options from this thread. Getting real here, no way we are getting SSNs, if we were, politically we'd have made those plans public and joined hands with Australia. I think our defence dollars would be better spread across multiple arctic-capable platforms instead...

Agreed, we should augment the tiny fleet of AORs with plenty of cheap options in lieu of more Protecteurs. The oldest ship in the Royal Naval Service to become the new Littoral Strike Ship A closer look at the Littoral Strike Ship concept Converting the Bay-class auxiliaries into littoral...

Something something bathwater... The failings of the NSS were predictable. Did anyone expect this to go any other way? You can tell how successful a program is based on how little information is available on the NSS at any given time. Where is the long-term strategy for the RCN? How does it...

Can you finish the rest of that conversation?