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I think a lot of people forget that modern medicine is part of what allows most of us to be alive and live comfortably. I was born near sighted, so my option in life 200 years ago would have been; pick up a skill, become a tavern musician, or die. As a random Canadian alive in 2025, I have...

You are mistaking my lack of interest in wasting time in the north for not being interested in the north. The AOPVs were built to give Canada the option to put ships up there when we want, not to leave ships up there all summer. If the GoC wanted an RCN presence in the Arctic full time, you...

I know that if the GoC wanted AOPVs sailing around in the arctic all summer, they'd be doing it. So why is it you think they should be up there all summer against the wishes of the RCN and GoC?

I spent 7 months living in a bunker or under a tarp in Afghanistan, and it was fine... for me, at the time. I'm also self-aware enough to realize that I am an outlier, and my experience there was an outlier. Sailors complain, and when they complain enough, and things don't change, they leave...

I have sailed in an AOPV, I knowhow nice they are. I have also spoken with people who have sailed into the arctic, and they all pretty much say the same thing. "It was cool, but I prefer going south". Iqaluit, and Thule are fun for a short visit, but I suspect by visit 5 in a single summer it...

Who would crew them if the RCN used them that way? No real port visits, and no real tasks apart from presence would kill the crew morale. I spent six months sailing around the GOO doing nothing but presence, and it was boring, even with interesting port visits every couple of weeks.

The plan from the CRCN is to use civilian offshore work ships for the non-operational tasks, and to use APOVs for Ops like Caribe.

Based on the CRCN's comments when he started talking about the CMMC/CDC, a straight replacement for the MCDV was never the plan. The MCDVs are "peace divided" ships like the AOPV, not combatants. The corvettes were always supposed to be combatants. I agree it sounds like scope creep is...

We didn't track stats at the office, but writing reports and planning travel is far easier without random people stopping by to ask dumb questions. My concern is more with the lack of physical work space available, as many governments let go of spaces because of the hybrid work model. Have...

I'm sure "hoteling", and a lack of desk space will make that a 100% effective solution... I'm not opposed to 100% "in-office" time, but I also think it is inefficient for many jobs. In my last two jobs, I was more effective working from home than in the office, because my work was not...

The base price of a PHEV is $48K+... People can't afford that sort of spending. It's a relic of a different time, and a different reality.

It requires at least 7 people for every 24/7 position, to account for the fact people get sick and like to take vacation... If you factor in other tasks/training, it should in reality be 8-9 people for every 24/7 position. So, to maintain a 24/7 section of two per shift on a wing will require...

To augment an already existing RegF capability, in times of emergency. If we need to mobilize the reserves to go to a heightened state of readiness, why have a standing force at all?

As @KevinB pointed out, we weren't(and still aren't) facing the same direct threat. Now that the international order is starting to fray at the seams, we are waking up to the threat and attempting to build.

After Fiona a couple of years ago, every patch of trees on PEI is absolutely full of well seasoned dead fall. PEI is a tinderbox awaiting a spark, and nobody is doing anything about it. If the government set aside a few million a year to compensate locals for going out and clearing the dead...

The Maritimes aren't accustomed to those sorts of restrictions, so unlike out West, this a "new" phenomenon for them and it's occurring after the pandemic. Goes back to what I said about political capital. Back in the 90s the government hadn't ordered people to sit at home and not work or...

I suspect a lot has to do with how governments handled the pandemic, and the political capital they squandered with overreach. If the government "gets away" with things like keeping people out of the woods for fires for extended periods of time, how long until they decide to do it to prevent...

I agree 100%. With an all volunteer force we get a few genuine malingers, with 100k+ new conscripts each year, we would have tens of thousands of them.

They definitely phoned in Charlottetown and Summerside.. They just took the center of the city and provincial flags respectively.

And the key question, can you wear gloves with a ball cap?