I'll believe it when I see it.
@Kirkhill I think you’re ignoring the fact that Ukraine was the USSR’s aviation and armored vehicle design and production center. Additionally NATO countries and (just as importantly) companies have lent deeply in to helping Ukraine develop a lot of systems, by parts, and technology.
Canada isn’t going to get the same kind of support, so it will need to either 1) Go Alone (risky and expensive) or 2) JV with allied nations or allied companies.
But neither 1 or 2 is viable without the Government committing to buying stuff.
Agreed, but my GDLS aspect for the London plant is more that Canada doesn’t need more LAV. It needs a more diverse Army equipment plan.
If GDLS wanted to build M1A3’s and their MICV candidate vehicles in Canada I’d be thrilled for that.
But…
GDLS London can be spun up to build whatever we want them to build.
What would happen if the decision has made to buy outright, under a National Security decision, GDLS? Fair market value of course.Yes. As long as it is to a novel Canadian design.
If Canada were denied access to modern weaponry, if we were embargoed by an unsympathetic neighbour and erstwhile allies occupied elsewhere and unwilling to agitate our neighbour what could we do other than filling molotovs.
What would happen if the decision has made to buy outright, under a National Security decision, GDLS? Fair market value of course.
If this happens, we aren't joining the fight. Simple as.....
In a situation where the Americans aren't sharing, and Europe wants us there, they'll have to share.
There's no point really preparing for some crazy scenario where it's Canada vs. the world.
We need to reduce dependency on the US (not just in defence) so that they have less leverage over us. That doesn't mean we need to achieve full autarky.
Anyone have Australia on their Bingo card? I certainly did not.
Canada to partner with Australia on early warning detection system in the Arctic
Here's some more info-Who is this federal government of whom they speak? What authority do they have to rewrite the budget?
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The Aussies have been operating the Jindalee Over The Horizon radar since the 1970s.
We shut down our efforts in the 1980s as too difficult and too expensive.
Ahhh!
Now I understand the need for a high speed train from Ottawa to Peterborough....
For clarity, "whatever we PAY them to build".GDLS London can be spun up to build whatever we want them to build.
For clarity, "whatever we PAY them to build".
As I've observed elsewhere, there is hardly an agency or union or organization involved with providing public and social services that isn't calling for more money and people and insisting that their occupations need higher pay. Meanwhile two of the federal parties are mostly expanding the reach of public agencies with new programs which inevitably are structured to increase demand without addressing supply. ER closures and child care lotteries and other symptoms of shortages due to the inability of politicians to say "no" aren't going to work themselves out. In view of what has been shown to be necessary to start effecting real change, we're going to need a political disruption and reset on the scale of what the US has experienced. The incumbent political establishments should make sacrifices to head that off if they truly value moderation, but that's unlikely. They'll keep snouts in the trough until kicked out, and then they'll whine about the replacements.
I wouldn’t necessarily credit President Trump with that. Even with a stable America, the world is a lot more dangerous than the West has been willing to admit for a while.And Trump's disruption is "enabling" other disruption.
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Money that was going to benefits, to heat pumps, to net zero... all going to defence and security.
I wouldn’t necessarily credit President Trump with that. Even with a stable America, the world is a lot more dangerous than the West has been willing to admit for a while.
The Axis of Evil is pushing as hard as they can, and the wants and desires of the West need to govern to the NEEDS.
It would be a map of economic, scientific, political, financial and security threats. Hopefully someone is working on that.A Venn diagram of Trump’s and Carney’s interests in China would be…interesting.
It would be a map of economic, scientific, political, financial and security threats. Hopefully someone is working on that.