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Justin Trudeau hints at boosting Canada’s military spending
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Denmark is replacing their kit, so a win-win…aid and refresh the military.
Trudeau would be quite happy pretending an aged status quo is enough for home front (less what the U.S. orders him to procure for continental defense) and spend a bit for direct air to UKR without a concomitant liability to replace with new, more expensive equipment.
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Pity successive Army commanders haven't prioritized indirect fires. Almost as if the Army needs a vision and consistent leadership that survives APS.
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Thank you for citing the Army's vital ground.
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You don't want the Infantry to lose out in the race to have your Generals running the show, do you?
I mean, look what happens when the Hussars win that race
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Dear Team Red: When the generally-Team-Red-leaning Toronto Star says it's time, surely someone on your team must realize it's time. Signed, Wondering WTF
www.thestar.com
Archived link also here if original link doesn't work.
Star Editorial Board: What is Canada’s plan for defence spending? It’s time Ottawa provided a clear answer
Canada's vague talk on defence spending may have placated NATO allies at one point. But not now. It's time for a road map to meet the NATO target.
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Fuck no.
Have you met the Coast Guard?
You think we have problems now with ships/crewing….plus most of their mission set has nothing to do with Defence.
A better move would be to transfer military SAR to the Coast Guard…
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didnt they already do a bit of that?
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What did the CCG do to deserve that fate? Oddly enough components of the RCAF marine service were transferred to the newly formed CCG back in 1962. Kitslano CCG base was a RCAF station, station, boats and personal were all turned into the CCG under Transport Canada
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LOL, how about transferring the Canadian Border Service Agency to the CAF, I mean they do carry personal sidearms.....
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There you go making sense again ....
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But then the RCAF would have to justify having Pararescuemen and Combat Search and Rescue.
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Hmmm. Isn’t the RCMP a Regiment?
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Would they be better off reporting to the Public Safety Minister or Defence Minister (as more than a few other countries that have federal police forces - admittedly paramilitary types - do)? Discuss ...
I've always kind of wondered why they aren't part of the CAF. I know that they have talked about arming them in the past, but given the state of our navy, I'm surprised that their isn't a bigger push for it.
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I never realised until now that the CCG was not a part of the CAF. Not because I never asked why or looked for it, but for me I thought the CCG was a different branch of the CAF. But yes, this would definately help the 2% objective plus it could be a lot more interesting to folks wanting to join, and a very valuable asset for patrolling the North sea.
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You can't just shovel trash into a hole and say you paved it.
The Requirements in NATO for things to be consider Defense Spending mean they need to actually have a Defense function - the USCG has more firepower than the RCN* (okay they don't run missiles anymore current, but they have numerous cannon armed Cutters that are CPF sized) , so it qualifies, but the CCG doesn't have even GPMG's on their ships, nor a lot of other enablers.
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The civilian marine industry (in Canada at least) is struggling to hire sufficient ship's crews. One of the only ways they're staying afloat is that most offer a 1:1 time on/time off work cycle. Assuming that we're talking about bringing the CCG into the RCN model and using a common crewing pool, the resultant personnel crisis from CCG pers quitting would make the RCN's current personnel woes look like a walk in the park.
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