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Government hints at boosting Canada’s military spending

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I have long said that you could fund the CAF to 4 percent of GDP, but we would still lag behind in NATO and be much the same where we are.

It's never the money, it's politics. It's procedures. It's the pork-barreling in our defence spending that makes us a paper tiger in NATO.

My only hope in all of this for the CAF and the GoC, whatever the political stripe that may be, is that it will rouse them out of the "Peace Dividend" slumber. The world has been unstable since 1945. We have used geography, proximity, and association as a Defence Policy ever since. ICBMs don't care how close to the U.S. or how far from Russia/China we are.

Don't give us a dime more, but let us spend money on defence like it matters. The fact we follow the same rules for purchasing a fighter aircraft as we do for buying office furniture for a Service Canada office is disgraceful. Don't treat defense procurement as a stimulus package for Canadian Industry. There I said it.

We spend so much money, time, and effort trying to get that money to stay in Canada; be it by awarding contracts to companies with no capability to produce items without first "retooling" and"developing the production lines", or by hamstringing perfectly competent and competitive bidders by forcing the project to be made in St. Margaret de Poutain de Champignon, QC because the ruling government either lost the seat in the election, or won it with promises.

We spend so much money and staff hours jumping through TBS regulations that are great for other departments, but are terrible for defence procurement. Some items you have to sole source, because there are technologies and capabilities no one else makes. By doing the bid process, you get companies clamoring for a project they can't deliver on, but because they tick the bright boxes on the score sheet....

I truly and honestly belief we need to split from PSPC and legislate that its not beholden to TBS, only to the PBO/PCO. The guiding principles of this new Defence Procurement department should be "Off the shelf, from somewhere else" if there isn't an industry in Canada.

BOOTFORGEN has demonstrated how well we do when we are able to actually get what we need, instead of lining the pockets of a Canadian company that got lucky.

That, but with tanks, fighters, ships, weapons systems....
 
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 North Atlantic.

Quick fix, not a big deal. But the North Sea isn't one of our ocean frontiers.
 

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One reason they like they to calculate in all the lifetime costs of a defense project is that it drives the number up, so they can fudge closer to the 2% and also give the public a reason to demand cuts to DND. I want to see them adopt that same spending formula to all the buildings in Ottawa, so each office and cubicle counts to a PY scaled to the entitlement of the user. So a small cubicle is 46,000 x1.20, larger one 86.000 x1.20, office is 120,000x 1.20 and a EX office is salary plus bonus, plus travel. Not to mention toilet paper, cleaning supplies, janitor service and upkeep/upgrades over the life of the building. So you also factor in the cost of converting from "Right sizing" to "Workplace 2.0" to whatever comes next.
 
I don't think I've ever seen this much news attacking our defense policy is a 7 day period
It called "controlled opposition" This give Trudeau cover to increase or in really not shrink the defence budget. Anything on CBC or the MSM is pasted though the Liberal machine first.
 
I'm confused. Is the (mainstream) media controlled by (a) the PMO, (b) the government, (c) the bureaucracy, (d) the Liberal party, (e) somebody else? It's so hard to keep track. I guess if it is (a), (b) or (d) then when the Conservatives take power, all will be sweetness and light? Information will be timely, assiduously accurate, open and transparent?

Harper seldom even spoke to them so I guess that's a style of leadership.
 
I'm confused. Is the (mainstream) media controlled by (a) the PMO, (b) the government, (c) the bureaucracy, (d) the Liberal party, (e) somebody else? It's so hard to keep track. I guess if it is (a), (b) or (d) then when the Conservatives take power, all will be sweetness and light? Information will be timely, assiduously accurate, open and transparent?

Harper seldom even spoke to them so I guess that's a style of leadership.

I thought we have already moved past the idea that the CBC is even close to being an independent media outlet. Is there still any doubt about it? In 2024?

It just common knowledge and assumed it's just a messaging arm of the Liberal party at this point. They don't even try very well to deny it anymore
 
It called "controlled opposition" This give Trudeau cover to increase or in really not shrink the defence budget. Anything on CBC or the MSM is pasted though the Liberal machine first.
So are you counting the National Post and the Sun series as the MSM? I highly doubt those outlets are getting their marching orders from the LPC.
 
So are you counting the National Post and the Sun series as the MSM? I highly doubt those outlets are getting their marching orders from the LPC.
I’ve found that generally msm means which ever outlets disagree with the views of the person referencing it.

Man I can’t handle cuts anymore. Every day I try and stay motivated and it’s just not working anymore.
 
I’ve found that generally msm means which ever outlets disagree with the views of the person referencing it.
Yeah; people with a legitimate concern with the state of reporting and the communication of that reporting are usually talking about legacy media rather than "mainstream," which is a much more practical and meaningful umbrella.
Man I can’t handle cuts anymore. Every day I try and stay motivated and it’s just not working anymore.
I'm still not sure how much of the alleged "cut" to defence spending is actually a cut and not just a fancying up of the apparently routine budget hand-back.

Seems to be a pretty universal feeling of having the rug pulled out from under.
 
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