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We do a version of this. And boy is it fun to see how mad people get. https://www.canada.ca/en/department-national-defence/maple-leaf/rcaf/2023/05/space-pump-up-the-jam.html

My one question at work always is, "when are we getting a new defence policy?" ONSAF was written before Carney and this ambition. And now we're basically operating off script. Reading ONSAF it seems quaint now. 1.76% in 29/30. If we're really going to 5% including resiliency, we're looking...

Fully understand. And honestly, I'm a little skeptical at the numbers I hear thrown around. I can't imagine what pay and benefits have to be to hit the numbers being talked about. But I do think it's a worthy goal and if we'll even get to 50% that will be an exponential improvement in what...

Flip side. It's also at times depressing and exhausting to come out of some of these meetings knowing how much more there is to do. The biggest value here is a change of thinking. A good example from my own community. We gave some industry execs a clearance and they sit in at the General's...

Just an example of how the mandate can drive discussions. Mandate: Create a mobilization reserve. JAG: You'll need to get them job protection that actually works outside wartime. Has to cover the road to full conflict. Log: How do we RSOM this many people quickly? Especially if we have to...

Yes and no. There's two kinds of reactions to this. The cynic who is all, "This doesn't mean shit. It'll pass." And then there's people who find this challenge interesting and exhilarating. It's literally once in a lifetime to actually earn that "leading change" tick with something more...

This is actually the scope of ambition being looked at. It's a genuine, "How would we fight for years?" Question. And as we go through this there's a realization government wide (not just CAF) of how daunting the task is. It's all the way from basics (getting the CAL DAL right) to how would...

This is going to help with meeting quota next fiscal. https://www.canada.ca/en/department-national-defence/news/2026/02/government-of-canada-reaffirms-unwavering-support-for-ukraine-four-years-into-russias-full-scale-invasion.html

I would suggest looking at the UK Defence Policy. Our work is heading in a similar direction. Mostly a conclusion that war is a "national effort" that must involve all of government, society and industry.

It's partisan nonsense. Apparently right leaning parties are excused when they don't meet targets. Left leaning parties are never excused. And when one does (this one) the goalposts are moved to some foreboding about the future. This shit has been going on forever: It's damn nice to have...

I personally don't even think I'm the right person to participate in an expansion. Need a bunch of 30 somethings who didn't do Afghanistan and don't have GWOT era biases. I have i sat in Horizon 2 and 3 discussions where the AI threat is discussed as "we'll have deep fakes.". The sheer amount...

If Trump had said, "I don't believe the bounty of the US should be shared with countries that don't help defend our common prosperity," I think most people would have agreed with him and we wouldn't have been where we are. We would have increased the defence budget à bit, bitched about les...

I don't think the US is a threat. But treating them like a stable supplier worth 70% of defence dollars after Trump would be imprudent on our part. Also, some things are just sheer laziness. Imagine having an airframe maker (Bombardier), an engine maker (PWC), a sensor maker (Wescam) and an...

All depends how much of the work they can do in Canada. I don't think they are manufacturing better. IMP just runs deep overhaul for them. That's my understanding. But sure, it's Build-Partner-Buy. They offer to partner with IMP and do substantial work in Canada, they'll have a shot.

Who cares? This is the only way money flows. You still don't seem to get that. And the government is more than happy to pay the higher price when most of it stays in circulation here. We've had decades where people said that about 2%. And look at where we are now. Who knows if we'll hit 5%...