Canada moves to 2% GDP end of FY25/26 - PMMC

[Furniture]

I would just like to see some contracts issued to companies that already exist and that actually make things.

Rifles, trucks, boots, armoured vehicles, rockets, ATVs, drones, radios.....

100% agree.

We should be supporting Canadian manufacturers, and providing R&D funding/opportunity to improve their products for the international market. That's how every other country has built a defence industry.

 

[YZT580]

100% agree.

We should be buying not talking

 

[Czech_pivo]

I would just like to see some contracts issued to companies that already exist and that actually make things.

Rifles, trucks, boots, armoured vehicles, rockets, ATVs, drones, radios.....

Expanding our artillery shell production would be a good thing.

 

[Colin Parkinson]

100% agree.

We should be supporting Canadian manufacturers, and providing R&D funding/opportunity to improve their products for the international market. That's how every other country has built a defence industry.

and using equipment built here whenever possible and push them to get better if required. I like to see the CAF to put in an order for two Edison hybrid trucks for evaluation.

 

[GK .Dundas]

and using equipment built here whenever possible and push them to get better if required. I like to see the CAF to put in an order for two Edison hybrid trucks for evaluation.

Absolutely this a technology that has a real future of the Government can get out of the way.
Funny part is the Government would like to get out of the way but they're tied up in their own rules and red tape.

 

[brihard]

"an employee may take reservist leave ..."

That says "may" and you write "must"... is there another resource?

This is the type of information the government should be pushing out on social media, broadcasting and to employers and the general public right now. Again, just for entertainment (until it's not ... )

It's a good exercise anyway that should wake a few people up.

Consolidated list of employment standards legislation across the country with reservist leave provisions can be found here: Legislated military leave for reservists - Canada.ca

At a glance Inbelueve every province and territory plus federal CLC are included.

 

[boredtoon]

At this point I wouldn't be surprised if NDHQ did a snap mobilization drill, picking a random saturday and ordering everyone, reg and reserve to report for duty on 24h or less notice.

Can they - order - Class A to report for a drill?

What would be the consequences if they didn't show up?

I don't think in the current framework that this drill could be enforced. There are of course provisions for placing reservists on active service, but I don't think they would apply to training or readiness exercises, or at least would be very unpalatable politically.

Although, we talked about it at work back in the spring. We agreed that the army should do a snap recall of the reserves, if you show up, great, if you can't show up, but you tell your CoC, great. Take all the troops who ghost the army over the recall and boot them out. If they will ghost the army on a recall exercise, they will ghost it on a real mobilization.