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Credible evidence for this assertion?

I know a lot of younger people who think like him. Personally, I have never done any long term budgeting with OAS in mind. I don't even really know what OAS is. I ask my parents, cause they get it. Heck, I know people who plan without CPP in mind because they don't think it'll be around for...

There's different ways to tackle the issue. But it would help to just define basic goals. I want OAS to be no greater than 2% of GDP. Preferably 1%. And I don't want any senior to live in poverty just because of a lack of income. I do think with those goals, some kind of min income system...

The problem is political feasibility. Politicians have to find a way to make cuts for the group that is most likely to vote. And let's be honest, this cohort has a proven track record of kicking future problems down the road. It's his we got to where we are. So I think some kind of min...

If you set Min income to LICO we're taking about $21-30k depending on their postal code. That's not making them rich. It's fine if they don't have income. Any working parent gets rewarded with CPP which that SAHM/D would have less of. If we want to make it some kind of reward for working...

As a former 7 Wg member I love this one.... https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-canada-space-claim-national-defence/

People whine about DEI and climate change initiatives. Whenever you're political opinion on those, they are pennies on the dollar compared to OAS. There's no way to fund the CAF, build the infrastructure needed for the 21st century, solve the housing and healthcare shortage and improve the...

Doubtful. Don't forget the deficit and the fight to end it in the 90s. Defence was the easiest cut to make back then. We're about to see who has the stomach to make the hard choice now. We need to fight the deficit like the 90s again. But defence is needed this time. The most obvious cut...

It's simply the reality of how organizations work. The air force had an epiphany under LGEN Kenney and pushed a cultural change at the HQ level. It wasn't necessarily popular. Nobody likes staff jobs. Least of all pilots. But he insisted that the communities send good people not just people...

This obsession with WWII has to end. The only other people as obsessed with WWII are the Russians. Go look up what aircraft costed back then. And what their crash rates were. And you'll start to understand why we can't train like that anymore. That is before even discussing the complexity...

The CAF teams up with colleges too. Particularly on the navy side. More broadly these days return NCM STEP. But also, look at the partnerships with Algonquin in Ottawa. There's literally project management classes there for LCOLS and COLS. And there's ever trades programs delegated to...

Exactly. People are assuming a lot. The government wants to spend on the CAF. The projects that saw this coming and did all the staff work are now getting accelerated. The ones who didn't? They'll take time. There's cultural differences between the services here too. The Air force started...

RMC already does most of this. They train ROTP cadets. And they give graduates of staff college a master's degree queen a few more courses. They even offer DL programs. I would caution though that there's a real danger in pushing most officers through RMC. It creates group think. And at...

Reduced score on Cost and Industrial Benefits couldn't be overcome with their score on performance. And the DND was not allowed to ask for more performance or score performance higher.

The experience with the Cyclone substantially reduced risk appetite in the RCAF. I don't think you can blame the air force for that. Also, the Viking/DHC offer was not for a fully pressurized aircraft but for a pressurized bulkhead. And they wanted the government to pay for their NRE. Not...

We do POET right now for electronics technicians for months. Minus a few elective courses that's bascially a 2 yr electronics diploma. Making sure people get some ramp up in basic math and physics before teaching them electronics is not really that much of a burden. And centering it in one...

Who's "we"? I'm seeing projects starting to accelerate at work. "Can you move up IOC or FOC?" is starting to become a regular question whenever a project goes up to a review board. I wouldn't have even dreamed of this 6 months ago. Whether we have the bandwidth to do so is a different...

We send officers to 4 years of university. I was sent on a very expensive Masters degree to get me the skills I needed for a job. I think it's BS how much we try to shaft our NCMs. We aren't even doing our units any favours. A half trained tech requires so much more mentoring and support...

I wonder what the taking point is going to be when we take the 16 jets. What's the next gish gallop?

There's a number of angles. 1) Training, especially technical training can be attractive for recruiting. So longer training that gets more civilian recognition actually has a benefit in getting butts in seats. 2) Longer initial training is cheaper. Counterintuitive. But with shorter courses...