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Problem or opportunity? See what they did in Pakistan. They can now dump a ton of solar panels anywhere else that is energy starved, to gain geopolitical leverage. Hydrogen has (mostly) been a scam. Mostly made from fossil fuels. At high cost. And difficult to transport thanks to...

And to some extent paucity of information out of the country. And a ton of misinformation means nobody knows what is true and what isn't.

Yep. And there's more coming. I said it elsewhere. Those branches and services that had their ducks in a row when the spigot opened are best positioned to take advantage. And this is just one example. All credit to LGen Kenney for positioning us well for this.

Realistically, they'll expand to cover more than just air bases as they grow. They are already planning on using them on critical bases like naval radio stations (which also house our space ground stations). It's literally called "Security Force".

They had the same situation in Afghanistan too.

Why are you assuming we don't need Force Pro when we deploy? Also, by your logic most of the CAF can be civilian because most of us don't deploy much if ever.

That probably will move to Lightspeed eventually.

There will still be WASF. But now they will have pros to work with and train them. Some. Maybe. But it's planned as a Reg F trade. Especially because of clearances involved.

No. It's military.

And that's eventually going to go to Starshield because you need a Five Eyes connection. Any EU solution will not provide that. If we're lucky, Telesat and MDA might be able to pull off the crypto to offer a Five Eyes solution. And there's still discussions on whether they want to do that or...

Dependent in the strictest sense? No. For markets? Sure. How many Prairie farmers would howl if China stopped taking Canadian soybeans and canola?

We have our own homegrown effort. And the GoC actually does consider this a strategic priority that must be Canadian, if it can be helped at all. https://capacityglobal.com/news/government-of-canada-agrees-c-2-14-billion-loan-to-support-telesat-lightspeed/...

I will add too that it's bizarre to think that China will be more dependent on us than the other way around. Typical Canadian delusion. China imports 12 mbpd. Take the 10% rule. Let's say they import 1.2 mbpd from Canada. Who do you think will care more about that trade? For China that's...

China has a target of no more than 10% of regular imports from one country. Specifically to avoid the kind of dependency you are hoping for here. They only break that rule occasionally for Russia to get large discounts.

Full series of interviews of MGen Chris McKenna (Comdr 1 CAD) by The War Zone. And his interviews line up exactly with the projects being prioritized as I see at work. For those who want to know what's being pushed...