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Russia has dummies in the White House.

The RCN discovers the difference between personnel generation and force generation!

As a long time fan of Bob Gainey I personally think Peterborough is an outstanding choice.

If we picked another design we'd still have to Canadianize the hell out of it, because tradition.

RCN hard sea trades are under represented among Francophones. A base in QC where Francos and their families can live on French should help close that gap.

So starting to plan now, to align intake, training capacity, and put in place mechanisms to acquire the necessary clothing (and other equipment and materiel) would be prudent.

Let's say a total of 400 seagoing personnel, an equivalent number of shore-based CAF members, the same in PS support, each with an average of 1.5 spouse/dependents; that's 1800 more people in the community. Plus growth in the civic infrastructure and general support (stores etc).

The capability growth also requires crew growth beyond just increased platform numbers. Increased time on station, decreased turn around time on the ground both contribute to requirements for more crews. To say nothing of the huge investment necessary in IM/IT and intelligence handling and...

Voting for those you dislike least is a proud Canadian tradition.

High frequency would still require new tracks, new rights of way, as sharing with freight is one of the issues VIA faces. If you're laying new track, might as well also make it faster.

An announcement that raises more questions than it answers, and no doubt a bunch of defence lawyers are now looking for a copy to impugn police officers in Sault Ste Marie. https://saultpolice.ca/message-from-the-sault-ste-marie-police-service/ Edit: local news article that spurred the...

English school making cuts is not a "draw government attention" issue in Quebec.

That comment, today of all days...

Making the numbers by waivers and increased bonuses, with academic and fitness shortfalls, does not sound like a recipe for success.

Not the only issues. https://www.ctvnews.ca/atlantic/article/drinking-water-deemed-unsafe-aboard-new-arctic-patrol-ships/

Bald Fonzie is like much of the fighter community - competitive with NWOs for self appreciation without self reflection.

...starting at the CRCN then working down from him...

Imagine if a CAF member illegally brought their personal weapon into a secure zone at work. Certainly that would warrant significant punishment - especially if they were, say, a MWO in the military police, NCIU, aircraft security officer. Right...

To be fair, the article does not mention double-doubles and TimBits, so those core elements of Canadian policing can only be surmised.