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Removing the hereditary peers, live devolution, is the legacy of Tony Blair and I wonder if really Britain is better governed today than it was when he was elected. I'm not going to defend hereditary power (although the one benefit of the remaining hereditary peers was that many were...

I stand to be corrected by I don't think the UN authorized anything for Kosovo...the Russians would have vetoed it. It sticks in my mind because of course Canada took part in the Kosovo bombing campaign and I remember thinking at the time of Iraq that our protestations about no UN authorization...

Fair point

By which I mean are the "senior gov't officials" getting the idea from someone else?

Totally agree but I wonder who exactly Fife is getting it from. He's an experienced reported very well plugged in with official Ottawa. Assuming it wouldn't be coming from anywhere within the CAF/DND, could it be GAC? Would there be folks who could see maximum diplomatic benefit in making both...

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-ottawa-submarine-contract-europe-south-korea/ Ottawa weighs splitting submarine contract between Europe and South Korea, sources say Robert FifeOttawa Bureau Chief Ottawa Published 43 minutes ago Canada is considering splitting a...

Refurbishing Parliament happened because there was finally no other option and MPs on all sides could see the evidence of that every single day. But it took them a long time to reach that conclusion which no doubt added to both the cost and time involved. I was brought in to PWGSC back in the...

I doubt anyone is thinking that whatever forces they put in Greenland will be able to prevent the US taking it if they choose to. It seems to me that the real purpose is as it always has been for NATO when it comes to forward deployed troops, attack and you attack us all. Also there is the "sod...

Germany, France Norway and Sweden reportedly to send forces to Greenaland. https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cn824zzp670t Germany, France, Sweden and Norway to contribute to military presence - Denmarkpublished at 12:51 12:51 Some more now from the new statement issued by the Danish armed forces...

Fair enough. And CSEC did at least get a new $1B HQ.

Odd though how Finance/TBS got themselves a brand new purpose built edifice on Elgin...:unsure:

Were it not for the demise of Silicon Valley North neither DND nor the RCMP, who occupy the old JDS Uniphase building in Barrhaven, would have had "new" buildings.

101 Colonel By has frankly never made sense as a military headquarters or ministry of defence location, nor was it built as one. It was originally built for Transport Canada who turned it down in favour of Tower C at Place de Ville. Until the 90s it wasn't even fenced and traffic still passed...

In Uni a few years before you in the 80s I was working in the warehouse of an Ottawa-area chain of gift shops. Had to do the delivery runs one week, including a drop off for the Parliamentary gift shop. Drove the van onto the hill and parked behind the West Block. Loaded up the hand cart and...

Ouch...

Curious with regard to coastal bombardment or land attack. Did the subsequent launch of the submarine program, with its potential for ground attack, result in any changes in thinking about the RCDs?

I was promoted in my career initially because I was good at my trade. But they higher up I went the less I actually practiced my trade. In fact, had I insisted on continuing to focus on the practice of my trade, I would have been failing as a manager. My job was to make sure the team was...

Right? Presumably that is also part of the thought exercise. The ship also gives you another option outside of the north, say in responding to crisis in the Caribbean. And I would imagine you would need 2 in order to always have 1 available. But like the admiral said, it's a thought exercise.

Hmmm, maybe if it's only a thought exercise then take it one step further. What if a new defence policy said the navy is responsible for national security in -- and around -- the northwest passage. So now, if the army has its hands full with it's implementing its own future force, then perhaps...

We were there from 71-74 and as you say it was pretty much entirely the traditional nuclear family and not a lot of working outside the house for spouses (or as they were then, wives...). Canex, the community centre, the youth centre, a few civilian jobs in offices or at the AMU but not much (my...