Recent content by daftandbarmy

Meanwhile, on the West Coast... Explosive Growth: How BC’s Public Sector Costs Have Doubled According to the public dataset, BC’s provincial public sector has seen a large expansion since 2017. Total labour costs in B.C.’s public sector—including all employee salaries and benefits—have nearly...

Most reforestation programs are usually part of a forest management prescription approved for logging companies. If you take the trees you are mandated to replace them when you're done, and are compensated for that task which is a big project management resource burn. You are also inspected up...

Nimby-ism: a powerful anti-sub weapon... ‘Good neighbour’ noise policy contributed to Esquimalt submarine accident Noise restrictions at Esquimalt dry dock identified as a contributing factor that compressed a work timeline and led to serious damage to HMCS Corner Brook while undergoing repairs...

This guy's a national treasure..

Ew... https://www.ksl.com/article/51359920/ex-logan-police-officer-sent-to-jail-for-sexually-abusing-woman-in-squad-car

The forest industry is collapsing, so why plant trees... https://www.biv.com/news/commentary/opinion-poor-policy-decisions-have-helped-bcs-forestry-decline-9655921

FWIW… FWIW, BC bans access to the forests occasionally during extreme fire seasons... 2017 example... Backcountry closed in the Cariboo

No, conscription wouldn't go down well in Canada... for a third time if it was tried yet again ;) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conscription_Crisis_of_1917 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conscription_Crisis_of_1944

How thrilling… too bad it’s not true ;) https://www.dw.com/en/fact-check-fake-claim-of-uk-officers-captured-in-ukraine/a-73550133

There’s a reason Canada’s on top ;)

Diversifying options for recruit training is a great way to ensure the maximum number of people can enter the ARes, and running local weekend courses has helped build that resilience, especially for people with jobs vs. full time students. No surprise, some of my more capable and longer serving...

IOW they're trying to decimate the Reserves, right?

Elbows up? Anxiety up, more like... Recap Week ending August 1, 2025 – As Canada awaits a breakthrough in stalled US trade negotiations, public anxiety has risen. A Nanos report shows economic concerns now rival US-Canada relations as the nation’s top issue. Consumer confidence remains...

Ken Giles enters the chat ;) "The 75(mm gun) is firing. The 37(mm gun) is firing, but it is traversed round the wrong way. The Browning (machine gun) is jammed. I am saying "Driver, advance" on the A set, and the driver, who can’t hear me, is reversing. And as I look over the top of the turret...