Our North - SSE Policy Update Megathread

[Kirkhill]

The bullet points in that article sound more like a sales pitch than actual journalism.

It was authored by Pierre Leblanc, his bio can be found here.

An excerpt from that bio: "Recently, he assisted Raytheon Company to win the contract for the operation and maintenance of the North Warning System consisting of 47 air defence radar sites in the Arctic from the Alaska border to the south tip of Labrador spanning some 4,400 kilometers. He set up a new Raytheon Canada Limited business unit and managed the North Warning System contract for two years from April 1st 2014 to March 2016."

Forgive me if I am a little suspicious when the guy previously payed by Raytheon to do radar stuff says the government should give Raytheon a bunch of money to do radar stuff.

Can I assume you know the players?

 

[Ludoc]

No, I just spent some time googling. The way the article was written seemed odd, so I wanted to find out some background on its author.

Maybe this technology is something we should be procuring, I don't know much about sea radars. What I do know, is a clear conflict of interest when I see one.

 

[The Bread Guy]

when driving some kids out Collingwood way today saw quite a few of these signs

cant seem to get it to load up, anyway they say

NO DND RADAR
IN CLEARVIEW

Latest on this just out: "... The Department of National Defence said it has been in “regular contact” with local communities, Indigenous rightsholders, municipalities and provincial officials about the project, sharing details as they become available. But that hasn’t eased tensions and wide-ranging concerns, locals said ...

Ontario town worried over planned military radar site: ‘Very frustrating situation’ | Globalnews.ca

The radar system, with an estimated cost of $6 billion, is being built to monitor airspace from the Canada-United States border to the Arctic for incoming missiles.

globalnews.ca

 

[Kirkhill]

Canada signs agreement for defence cooperation with Denmark

The agreement comes a month after U.S. President Donald Trump escalated his threats to annex Greenland, a self-governing territory of Denmark.

www.thestar.com

"A news release from the Department of National Defence says David McGuinty, along with defence ministers for Denmark, Greenland and the Faroe Islands have signed a memorandum of understanding for Canada-Denmark defence cooperation.

"The release says the MOU covers areas including defence innovation, industrial cooperation, mutual logistics support, as well as personnel, training, exercises and education. "

This what burden shifting looks like.

And this

Starmer says Europe must be ready to fight as he deploys warships to Arctic

The prime minister also used his speech at the Munich Security Conference to underline the UK’s commitment to Nato as he spelt out the ‘urgency’ of forging a closer UK defence relationship with Europe

www.independent.co.uk

Although this is just a continuation of the UK's JEF associated High Arctic policy and the RN's new GIUK strategy, Atlantic Bastion.

 

[The Bread Guy]

General OTH project update:

Canada Adopts Australian Radar Tech to Bolster Arctic Surveillance

Canada boosts Arctic surveillance with Australian Over-the-Horizon Radar tech in a C$2.5 billion deal, learn how this game-changing move strengthens national defence now.

osintsights.com

Australia and Canada face similar northern logistics problems | The Strategist

Australia and Canada are separated by half a world, but a new defence partnership is exposing an unexpected similarity. Canada is buying Australian surveillance technology developed to monitor the vast approaches to Australia’s north. The ...

www.aspistrategist.org.au

 

[lenaitch]

General OTH project update:

Canada Adopts Australian Radar Tech to Bolster Arctic Surveillance

Canada boosts Arctic surveillance with Australian Over-the-Horizon Radar tech in a C$2.5 billion deal, learn how this game-changing move strengthens national defence now.

osintsights.com

Australia and Canada face similar northern logistics problems | The Strategist

Australia and Canada are separated by half a world, but a new defence partnership is exposing an unexpected similarity. Canada is buying Australian surveillance technology developed to monitor the vast approaches to Australia’s north. The ...

www.aspistrategist.org.au

Except that, the way I understand it, the OTH transmit/receive infrastructure will be in located in central Ontario.

 

[The Bread Guy]

Except that, the way I understand it, the OTH transmit/receive infrastructure will be in located in central Ontario.

Yeah, I think “remote” must mean something different to these guys.

 

[GR66]

Yeah, I think “remote” must mean something different to these guys.

To some people anything North of Steeles Ave. in Toronto is marked on the map as "There be Dragons"

 

[dapaterson]

Yeah, I think “remote” must mean something different to these guys.

Remote sensing - sensing what's happening in the Arctic from central Ontario.

 

[OldSolduer]

To some people anything North of Steeles Ave. in Toronto is marked on the map as "There be Dragons"

Not there - north of Selkirk, Mb.

 

[daftandbarmy]

Huh, cool...

Canadian defence firm pitches containerized drone factories for the Arctic​

A Canadian defence technology company is developing a mobile drone factory that could allow military forces to manufacture, repair and deploy uncrewed vehicles in remote locations, including the Arctic.

Sentinel Advanced Military Solutions unveiled its modular StarForge system at this year’s CANSEC arms trade show in Ottawa, amid growing demand for surveillance and reconnaissance drone technology across the defence industry.

The company, which is a subsidiary of the Quebec-based CMP Advanced Mechanical Solutions, has been pitching its technology to senior Canadian defence officials but has yet to secure a contract from the Department of National Defence.

Nonetheless, Sentinel has benefited from a $10-million spinoff investment from Lockheed Martin as part of the Canadian Army’s acquisition of the HIMARS rocket artillery system through Ottawa’s Industrial and Technological Benefits program.

Canadian defence firm pitches containerized drone factories for the Arctic

A Canadian defence technology company is developing a mobile drone factory that could allow military forces to manufacture, repair and deploy uncrewed vehicles in remote locations, including the Arctic.

www.ctvnews.ca

 

[childs56]

Yeah, I think “remote” must mean something different to these guys.

"remote" means work from home for those working the capitol region....

 

[Furniture]

"remote" means work from home for those working the capitol region....

Yes, because everyone in the NCR is a useless tool trying to prevent the "real" members from performing.

<insert yet another inane joke about HQ here>

If your goal is to come across like Scott Taylor, well played... You sound like a Cpl that doesn't know what they don't know.

 

[childs56]

Yes, because everyone in the NCR is a useless tool trying to prevent the "real" members from performing.

I did not say that.
Speaking of that I have yet to see the performance numbers from the WFH crowd post covid. To see them compared to the non remote crowd pre covid to the post covid would be interesting.

<insert yet another inane joke about HQ here>

If your goal is to come across like Scott Taylor, well played... You sound like a Cpl that doesn't know what they don't know.

Don't even know who Scott Taylor is.
It actually wasn't suppose to be a joke. If I hurt your feelings, I don't really care.
Where I work Remote work use to mean isolated away from the home base. aka remote area aka the middle of nowhere literally in the middle of nowhere. Where even the Army doesn't normally go.
Now we have to clarify if we are work from home. (WFH) or remote location such as away from home base. This thanks to all the federal workers complaining about their horrid work conditions having to work from an office when they have an office job. This spilled into the Provincial then the private side.

It is great to see Canada working towards the OTH radar system. Lets hope it gets set up sooner than later.

 

[Retired AF Guy]

To some people anything North of Steeles Ave. in Toronto is marked on the map as "There be Dragons"

I have a laugh when I hear Ontarians talking about the Muskoka's-Sudbury-North Bay as the "north."

I look at a map of Western Canada and see the 47th Parallel which is the border between Western Canada and the US. Looking eastward and all of Ontario south of North Bay - Sudbury is below the 47th Parallel. If I went eastward from my hometown in west-central Saskatchewan (just east of Lloydminster) I will hit James Bay at the southern end of the Hudson Bay!

What Ontarians think as "north" is a lot different from what the rest of us Canadians (especially Westerners) think as north.

 

[YZT580]

I have a laugh when I hear Ontarians talking about the Muskoka's-Sudbury-North Bay as the "north."

I look at a map of Western Canada and see the 47th Parallel which is the border between Western Canada and the US. Looking eastward and all of Ontario south of North Bay - Sudbury is below the 47th Parallel. If I went eastward from my hometown in west-central Saskatchewan (just east of Lloydminster) I will hit James Bay at the southern end of the Hudson Bay!

What Ontarians think as "north" is a lot different from what the rest of us Canadians (especially Westerners) think as north.

Its not just going north for Torontonians, anything east of Ajax is considered to be primitive. For some reason, Windsor through Guelph is acceptable.

 

[lenaitch]

Its not just going north for Torontonians, anything east of Ajax is considered to be primitive. For some reason, Windsor through Guelph is acceptable.

I have seen downtown Toronto folks consider anything north of Eglinton, east of the Don River or west of the Humber River as the hinterland where they would never consider living. An in-country vacation is taking the train to Montreal so they can hang around another downtown.