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    Canada Post Woes (merged)

    I had a cell phone in 2001, but I barely used it, and it sat dead in my car's glove box for months at a time. I think a lot of people forget that until the iPhone in 2007, cell phones were portable phones more than they were portable pocket computers. My current phone has more in common with...
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    Canada Post Woes (merged)

    Just because something was invented then does not mean it was widely available or used. I'm not even 45 yet and I've spent about half of my life without smart phones, or widespread use of internet based service portals. That people nearly twice my age struggle with it isn't surprising. Just...
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    Updated Army Service Dress project

    Now that we are wearing operational dress in the NCR, the usefulness of No. 3 orders of dress has diminished greatly. Perhaps, if the CAF wants to continue to have No 3 orders of dress, they should modernize it away from being No 1s, but without medals. Perhaps make it from comfortable and...
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    Trump administration 2024-2028

    So why the Sturm and Drang from the Anti-Trump crowd? It's a tiny fraction of the illegals in the county. It's like being upset that the OPP ticketed 20 people on the 417 yesterday, when 20, 000 were speeding. Have you heard of "sanctuary cities"? Places that loudly proclaimed that they would...
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    Hamas invaded Israel 2023 Megathread

    Ok... so replace "Jews" with any other group in the world, and pretend you aren't a bigot for saying what you said. I'd like to really drill down on this one. If the CAF made homosexuals uncomfortable, but the CCG was welcoming to them, would that make the actions of the CAF acceptable? If...
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    Women's Rugby World Cup

    That out team made it to the finals was a major accomplishment. I hope our men's side learns some lessons and steps up as well. The ladies of Rugby Canada have been awesome for years, and I'm glad I had the chance to watch them when I lived in Esquimalt.
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    Women's Rugby World Cup

    I think ours is more effective, particularly for a team like Canada that is new to most. Simple is good, and few things look more "Canada" than a giant red maple leaf.
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    The Great Gun Control Debate- 2.0

    They have an effective emotional string to pull, and that is far better in politics than facts or reality.
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    Self Defence in Canada (split from Gun Control 2.0)

    As a complete layman in the legal world, I think this might be a useful distinction for crime stats tracking. Breaking into an obviously empty structure is very different from breaking into a structure that is clearly, or likely occupied. As a youngster, I myself engaged in some minor "break...
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    Liberal Minority Government 2025 - ???

    What, world shortages driving an increase in activity here? We are weks/months away from the current government changing legislation, so whatever is happening is market, not politics driven.
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    New Dress Regs 🤣

    I'm not sure it's not impossible to do a unit one outside of the RCN rules. I've seen senior people from other elements with "cocktail" nametags that had unit or CAF insignia, particularly those working with other departments/nations.
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    Canadian River Class Destroyer Megathread

    Ships are still commonly referred to as "she", regardless of the name. That said, in official documents it's either the ship's name, or "the ship".
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    New Dress Regs 🤣

    The new standard is the Canadian Naval Ensign, and just two lines unless you are in a senior role. The rank and position stuff went away for people below command teams or Director because it was costing too much money every time people got promoted and posted. If you get no other replies, PM...
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    Informing the Army’s Future Structure

    The net was cast so wide the data is essentially worthless. I helped my neighbour move a heavy object once, so that counts toward the numbers.
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    Informing the Army’s Future Structure

    How many of those volunteer hours are parents volunteering with their kids activities? How many are charitable work? How do those types of volunteering in any way align with military capabilities/defence?
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    Canada moves to 2% GDP end of FY25/26 - PMMC

    For some trades that might work, but there are other trades that don't do POET. This is why one-size-fits-all solutions to CAF problems don't exist.
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    Canada moves to 2% GDP end of FY25/26 - PMMC

    I agree and disagree. Training that gets people civilian equivalent qualifications is attractive. Long courses in and of themselves aren't. If in your first 5 years you can walk away with a civilian equivalent certification, but did it in three shorter courses, rather than all at once, it would...
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    Canada moves to 2% GDP end of FY25/26 - PMMC

    My point isn't that people should do a short courses then be expected to learn everything else on the job. My idea is that people should do a short(ish) course, go get experience in the real world, then go back for follow-on training. With experience, the knowledge gained in the classroom...
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    Canada moves to 2% GDP end of FY25/26 - PMMC

    People used to aquire those skills over several years, why di we think they can aquire those skills in a year or two of classroom time? Why not give people basic skills with short courses, then get them into the field/fleet apprenticing? That way they can get experience, before trying to dump...
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    The Great Gun Control Debate- 2.0

    100% in agreement. The LPC has made it clear that it views all legal firearms owners as murders/criminals in waiting. I won't vote for people who think of me that way.
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