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Justin Trudeau hints at boosting Canada’s military spending
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pardon my lack of knowledge, but what have we agreed to or planned for to guarantee 2%? AFAICs we have ordered 16 frigates none of which will be in service in 2032, 88 F35s but not all delivered and a few helicopters. There is some infrastructure construction underway but none of them are huge. The airbuses of course and the 16 P8s. Those contracts don't add up to 2. We are talking about subs but there are no bid requests. Is there other stuff on the table with the bill coming due by 2032?
Defence Minister Bill Blair 'ready to go faster' on NATO spending timeline
Canada has committed to meet the NATO members' pledge to spend at least two per cent of GDP on national defence by 2032.nationalpost.com
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Defence Minister Bill Blair 'ready to go faster' on NATO spending timeline
Canada has committed to meet the NATO members' pledge to spend at least two per cent of GDP on national defence by 2032.
So according to Minister Blair;
Canada’s commitment to 2% is “settled”
Canada’s slowness is all the Americans and defence industry’s fault
Please excuse me if I don’t buy it.
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Perhaps a 25% tariff will move it along
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Defence Minister Bill Blair 'ready to go faster' on NATO spending timeline
Canada has committed to meet the NATO members' pledge to spend at least two per cent of GDP on national defence by 2032.
The best the Government could ‘commit to’ was foisting the climb to an already out-dated 2% GDP into the current Opposition party by a period equal to when they will no longer be ruling Canada…
From the article…
OAS is funded by current taxpayers. You paid into CPP expecting a return. But OAS is whatever current taxpayers decide you should be paid.
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Can we have a "No shit" Emojji pls.
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So is there 20 billion worth of useable equipment sitting on a shelf that we can buy today?
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The US has large mothball fleets of all kinds of tanks, planes and ships.
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How much for just the mothballs..
Halifax Tar
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Lol probably more than we can give
Can we service them though?
We don’t even need to look too far. We could easily buy commercial trucks, provide more allowances to buy tactical gear (troops are already doing that). Get more ammo, spend on housing and build more modern armouries across the country.
These could be easy and fast to increase what we spend on.
Probably still a drop in the bucket though.
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No idea. My preaching of preeminence of Log/Maint us well established around here.
But that wasn't the question.
So
If we can then sure. Easy solution.
I would posit that not being able to service them would be a no go to buy them in the first place.
If we can then sure. Easy solution.
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Rebuild all of the barracks, PMQ and other accommodations, ammo storage facilities, runways, hangars, vehicle storage, maintenance shops, armouries, small arms ranges, warehouses, piers and jetty’s, water, sewer, electrical and and comms infrastructure, fences, barricades, berms, guard shacks and towers, and every other like thing.
Order some B21’s and some more tankers lol.
Order some B21’s and some more tankers lol.
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DOGE is unlikely to ever actually be a department, since Congress has authority to establish departments.
What DOGE can be is a group reporting to the executive, and thus independent of the legislature, making recommendations. Its members will also stand apart from the various agencies/bureaucracies whose staff will be prone to producing turf-defending explanations whenever challenged to find costs to cut.
What in Canada do we have that is independent of the government in House/Senate that makes recommendations to the government, that can then issue instructions to TB, that will not easily be co-opted by the various departments of civil services by firstly not being part of any of them?
What DOGE can be is a group reporting to the executive, and thus independent of the legislature, making recommendations. Its members will also stand apart from the various agencies/bureaucracies whose staff will be prone to producing turf-defending explanations whenever challenged to find costs to cut.
What in Canada do we have that is independent of the government in House/Senate that makes recommendations to the government, that can then issue instructions to TB, that will not easily be co-opted by the various departments of civil services by firstly not being part of any of them?
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Dairy Cartel.
Seriously, study and emulate.
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But make sure you don't touch any of our 19th C 'heritage buildings'
New Westminster Armoury - National Inventory of Canadian Military Memorials (NICMM) - Memorials - Remembrance - Veterans Affairs Canada
Remember Canada’s Veterans
www.veterans.gc.ca
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20 BILLION DOLLARS!!
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Have you been to Tirana? I can get us a deal and I know a way to save on shipping costs.
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A lot of them were simply porkbarrelling, or a result of fanciful claims to get provincial and federal money for schemes. It wasn't under after construction started that they figured out that the Newmarket Canal (Holland River) wouldn't have enough flow to operate the locks in the summer.
Newmarket Canal - Wikipedia
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