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

[Halifax Tar]

Yeah its probably difficult to actually work hard. They're so accustomed to draging everything out because funding didnt match reality.

Just getting a reply from an email would would be nice...

 

[GK .Dundas]

A friend o mine f had trying to contact his MP for the past couple of weeks. Apparently the great man can't be bothered to deal with the peasants.
I'm beginning to get the feeling he barely talks to his staff at the constituency office in the riding .

 

[Halifax Tar]

A friend o mine f had trying to contact his MP for the past couple of weeks. Apparently the great man can't be bothered to deal with the peasants.
I'm beginning to get the feeling he barely talks to his staff at the constituency office in the riding .

Sir, this is the 2% defence spending thread...

 

[Kirkhill]

Is that happening ? Because we cant get printed forms right now nor can we get a response from the vaunted center... Don't even get me started on critical spare parts.

It seems what you guys are seeing in the emerald city and what we are seeing in munchkin land are two very different realities.

Printed forms?

Go to the supplier of Czech vacuum tubes?

 

[Halifax Tar]

Printed forms?

Go to the supplier of Czech vacuum tubes?

We still have lots of serialized forms, and specific file folders that our friends in the ORs and other support organizations need.

Believe or not paper is still king in a lot of scenarios.

 

[PrairieFella]

We still have lots of serialized forms, and specific file folders that our friends in the ORs and other support organizations need.

Believe or not paper is still king in a lot of scenarios.

Can that not be LPO'd to a local print shop?

 

[Kirkhill]

We still have lots of serialized forms, and specific file folders that our friends in the ORs and other support organizations need.

Believe or not paper is still king in a lot of scenarios.

I do believe.

I just find it amusing that we are still driven by forms when we have been discussing the paperless office since Canada's navy ran on enemy vacuum tubes and we are now gobbling up real estate to build thousands of AI datacentres.

 

[Halifax Tar]

Can that not be LPO'd to a local print shop?

It depends on the different individual commodities, they all have different Item Management IDs which dictate who is responsible for supplying them to the Supply System writ large.

A major problem we have continually been bringing up to D Navy Log actual is the growing trend of Item Managers, LCMMs and TAs in delegating their responsibilities down to unit levels. When it comes to filling the Supply System.

Which is fine until you discover your unit doesn't have the budget to support the CFSS and every unit is buying a different standard of item.

This is a much bigger issue than forms, it's a major problem in RCN sparing right now.

 

[Halifax Tar]

I do believe.

I just find it amusing that we are still driven by forms when we have been discussing the paperless office since Canada's navy ran on enemy vacuum tubes and we are now gobbling up real estate to build thousands of AI datacentres.

There is a way to go paperless, we just have to have some redundancy and trust.

 

[Furniture]

There is a way to go paperless, we just have to have some redundancy and trust.

I just filed my HHT claim with Sirva... The process was simple, well laid-out, and required exactly zero paper. If our relocation people can figure this stuff out, there is no reason the CAF can't, apart from dinosaurs making decisions based on their personal preferences.

It was a massive fight to get my occupation to switch to electronic weather records from the old paper ones we had been using since the mid-90's. What finally forced the organization to change was Environment Canada finally running out of the forms, and the cost to have them printed ourselves. I fear that if it happened under the current government, we would have just paid to print more rather than adapt to the modern world.

 

[Halifax Tar]

I just filed my HHT claim with Sirva... The process was simple, well laid-out, and required exactly zero paper. If our relocation people can figure this stuff out, there is no reason the CAF can't, apart from dinosaurs making decisions based on their personal preferences.

Agreed on all points. The property I bought was mostly done via email with e-signatures...

If I can spend 10s of thousands of dollars with electronic approvals you should be able to exchange your sea boots without needing a paper copy...

 

[childs56]

A friend o mine f had trying to contact his MP for the past couple of weeks. Apparently the great man can't be bothered to deal with the peasants.
I'm beginning to get the feeling he barely talks to his staff at the constituency office in the riding .

My MP gets back to me with in a day or two max. Even if it is the generic reply we are looking into things. Then they usually call and or send a emailed and or a letter response within week with the answer or what they are doing to deal with the matter. Even though there is not much they can do with the majority government.

 

[PuckChaser]

There wasnt enough doctrinally to begin with. Hopefully its enough to fill out the org charts with stock.

Bisons were purchased at 60ish% of what we had for M113s. ACSVs were like 75% of the Bisons and we donated 30+ of that to Ukraine.

 

[PrairieFella]

Noah believes it may be related to additional ACSV's.

Prime Minister to Announce New Measures to Strengthen Canada’s Defence Capabilities Tomorrow

Press Release

www.truenorthstrategicreview.ca

Is this making up for what we have the Ukrainians or going beyond? I've not been tracking.

I haven't seen any new CA Plan either. Where would more ACSVs fit? Just curious

Bisons were purchased at 60ish% of what we had for M113s. ACSVs were like 75% of the Bisons and we donated 30+ of that to Ukraine.

Noah is reporting its looking like additional ACSVs and the first tranche of the ACV-W program - upgraded LAVs with a 30mm, ATGM/LM and other upgrades over time, potential hybrid drives, upgraded engines, etc.

 

[ytz]

There is a way to go paperless, we just have to have some redundancy and trust.

And actually efficient systems and processes. It seems like every time we bring new software in, we just get more paperwork or lost data somewhere else. I'm excited to see how much data we lose with all these cloud migrations coming up.

 

[MilEME09]

Noah is reporting its looking like additional ACSVs and the first tranche of the ACV-W program - upgraded LAVs with a 30mm, ATGM/LM and other upgrades over time, potential hybrid drives, upgraded engines, etc.

We are talking big numbers then because the ACV-W program is to delivery thousands of vehicles

 

[PuckChaser]

Is this making up for what we have the Ukrainians or going beyond? I've not been tracking.

I haven't seen any new CA Plan either. Where would more ACSVs fit? Just curious

Everything Bde and below should be under armor. Units with 10x Bison CPs are getting them replaced with 4x ACSV. CA will make them fit.

 

[Czech_pivo]

We still have lots of serialized forms, and specific file folders that our friends in the ORs and other support organizations need.

Believe or not paper is still king in a lot of scenarios.

Dunder Mifflin front and center on your Rolodex?

 

[Czech_pivo]

Speech has started in London

https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.7272377

 

[dapaterson]

Bisons were purchased at 60ish% of what we had for M113s. ACSVs were like 75% of the Bisons and we donated 30+ of that to Ukraine.

Bisons were purchased as the Militia Light Armoured Vehicle (MilLAV) and not as a M113 replacement.