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Why would he care? Defence spending or even reforms don't get you elected in Canada. A lot of these issues have been known for decades, a point Perun makes in the video when he pulls out quotes from the 80s. He was part of a government that was spending around 1.2% during war time, and simply...

I hope not. Having spent time in the US, I really dislike the idea of days of reverence becoming public holidays. They just become commercial holidays. For example, Memorial Day, to mark their war dead, is the holiday that marks the start of their summer, like Victoria Day in Canada. Closer...

Yes. This is where education helps. It's unfortunate that we don't do as great a job as we should of having our officers properly educated. The Americans, for example, don't treat an MBA and MSc the same way. STEM degrees get more points. And the result is a leadership class that is a bit...

Nothing new. We've had various trials on this too. Heck, over a decade ago, I had my 2LT bring in his hobby 3D printer and teach my ALSE techs all about additive manufacturing. I'm always surprised at some of the stuff that gets posted here and how far behind reality it is. Then again the...

Big militaries who have substantially more depth in their Combined Arms toolkit will not see drones the same way as a country that has no choice but to attempt to create the capabilities they need with these drones. Too many of you are watching the Ukraine war and not properly absorbing...

Retention bonuses will go up. At some point we'll also have to consider longer oblig service for pilots.

Oh to be a fly on the wall at DAR. The V-280 is probably more than we need. But no other real future proofed options. And BHC could probably do license production in Montreal....

Do you understand how demand for globally traded commodities drives investment in Canada?

Hardly. I have not once said we should be like India or Ethiopia. If you believe I have said otherwise, pull the quote. I have said, we should understand the interests of oil importing countries. Their demands drive what we do with our economy. And that was in response to the idea that third...

No idea. How many markets do we need to investigate to satisfy your strawman? And since we're going to talk about Afghanistan....my interest in renewables started on my PG on exchange in the US at NPS. I had combat vets in my program doing theses on EVs and renewables. Why? Cause nobody...

Lack of awareness, education, etc. Practical inertia. How many things do we do that are illogical but common practice just because "that's how it's always been done"?

Given that I quoted it out of the article, how exactly did I "not bring it up"? What I have a desire to do is counter the prevailing narrative here. In this case, the ridiculous idea that because everybody lives in mud huts in Africa (as seen on deployment) that nobody there will ever drive...

But Africa is all mud huts and will never drive EVs.... And most importantly why they are doing this: Source: Ethiopia banned gas-powered car imports. Now EV growth is spiking | CNN Exactly as I said. Imported fuels are a liability. And every country that can reduce imports will.

^ Was there a reason to be that offensive?

Not sure what your point is. I don't think the average person would expect us to spending $10B on HAS and buy half the number of jets just because. Balancing priorities, like force generation and force protection, is also part of sound management of National Defence.

Weird. I was able to buy toys for my kid without any problems the other day despite our consumer safety rules being federally promulgated today...

As part of NGFC, there's infrastructure money in there for QRA modernization. But hardened against what is the question? The UK has to secure aircraft against an incoming ballistic or cruise missile because their distances don't allow for warning times. Protecting against drones dropping...

There's the EU, smashing all kinds of local, regional and national regulation and creating uniformity across a block of 27 countries and 450M people. Some of you are surely old enough to remember what travelling across Europe was like in the 80s. Now they are talking about building high speed...

This is another one of those Canadianisms that is just ignorant of global reality. You can write a national building code that simply designs for all kinds of climates and then apply the section relevant to your local climate at time of construction. But of course, in Canada, for some reason...

Forgot about those. Thank you. Albeit, crews for the Griffons at least are RCAF. There's also contracted support with Top Aces (which DND does certification for, but does not operate) and for the various contracted training fleets. It's been a long time since the RCAF has had a monopoly on...