Justin Trudeau hints at boosting Canada’s military spending

I'll believe it when I see it.

 

[MilEME09]

Yeah maybe we'll get a young forward thinking energized minister who will pull out all the stops to ensure the CAF is well staffed and equipped.....

You been drinking again?

 

[The Bread Guy]

... maybe we'll get a young forward thinking energized minister who will pull out all the stops to ensure the CAF is well staffed and equipped.....

 

[rmc_wannabe]

Maybe he has an Alice Cooper re-enactment on his bucket list?

Just typing too fast for Samsung's autocorrect to process I guess

 

[dapaterson]

Depending on where MND lands, she may be an ally of Defence and support the CAF's needs.

 

[daftandbarmy]

Yeah maybe we'll get a young forward thinking energized minister who will pull out all the stops to ensure the CAF is well staffed and equipped.....

Or more like

 

[The Bread Guy]

Depending on where MND lands, she may be an ally of Defence and support the CAF's needs.

Assuming The Centre allows it ...

 

[dapaterson]

TB is the centre (along with Finance and PCO)

 

[Happy Guy]

There is not much talent in the current Liberal pool who can actually handle the demands of being the MND. As an outsider looking in, I found Ms. Annand to be a disciplined and pragmatic minister who took her job seriously with respect to: (1) development of a new defence white paper (yet to be published) to guide the CAF for near, intermediate future and far future; (2) clean up the sexual harassment mess; (3) resolve major capital projects procurement tangle; and (4) recruiting and retention. It is a shame that she was not given more time in the job.

With the focus of the Liberals to be towards the economy it will mean the Defence budget, the largest discretionary spending allocation in the federal budget, will be come under immense pressure by the other federal ministers. Even with the current international (Ukraine, China, Russia) and domestic (forest fires) crises and demand for a rapid military response (easy red button) there will incessant demands from the other departments for allocation from defence funding to support their individual department goals as part of the holistic government approach.

What gives me hope is that PM Trudeau is looking for international validation from world leaders, and to be frank, I think that most of them think of him as a light weight and he knows it. I'm assuming that he got a closed door smack down from the US, UK, and the other NATO Allies at the recent NATO conference. Appointing a talented MP to be the MND, with PM support, to resolve the underlying malaise within DND and to quickly revitalize the CAF will help PM Trudeau's legacy.

As for submarine replacement, who knows?
MBT replacement, who knows?
Arty replacement, who knows?
Res F revitalization , who knows?
Griffon helicopter replacement, who knows?
Change in CAF org to better reflect future threats, who knows?
More funding for Log, Admin, Med, Engr, Sigs, who knows?
Reduce bureaucracy in NDHQ, who knows?
CAF infrastructure revitalization, who knows?

 

[DBNSG]

Assuming The Centre allows it ...

Power and politics just speculated that She may land at Treasury and Bill Boyle goes to Defence. Who T #$%@ is Bill Boyle

 

[The Bread Guy]

TB is the centre (along with Finance and PCO

I'm still leery with PMJT at the helm ...

 

[McG]

Power and politics just speculated that She may land at Treasury and Bill Boyle goes to Defence. Who T #$%@ is Bill Boyle

I think you mean Bill Blair.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1683964470081605632

 

[GR66]

Power and politics just speculated that She may land at Treasury and Bill Boyle goes to Defence. Who T #$%@ is Bill Boyle

I'm pretty sure you heard that wrong. Likely Bill Blair.

 

[OldSolduer]

You been drinking again?

What do you mean "again"? STILL

 

[Kirkhill]

I'm pretty sure you heard that wrong. Likely Bill Blair.

You mean Emergency Preparedness is taking over National Defence? That's a novel thought....

 

[GR66]

You mean Emergency Preparedness is taking over National Defence? That's a novel thought....

 

[Colin Parkinson]

First thing he is going to do is ban all your AR, you can keep them at the armouries, but you can't take them anywhere.

 

[MilEME09]

If Anand ends up at TB, it could be good for DND

 

[Good2Golf]

If Anand ends up at TB, it could be good for DND

We’ll know if Bill Matthews stays as DM, then TES, likely good overall for DND, less…Blair…

 

[Quirky]

Doesn’t matter who the crew of the titanic is when the captain orders full steam ahead.

 

[FormerHorseGuard]

With this purchase
Our defence budget will look good on paper but tankers and vip aircraft are not enough
Need aircraft to refuel from the tankers