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For those who haven't watched it, he stated a 20% raise. Which isn't quite what was in the screenshot posted earlier, and I refuse to believe anything until the money is in my account, but I'm excited by all the possibilities.

Latest Statscan numbers for DND spending in 2024-2025 is $33 billion, NATO (from the latest Defence expenditure report) pegs 2024 spending at $41 billion. All numbers $CAD. Per NATO, veteran pensions are included so presumably most or all of VAC get's bundled into that. I know it had been...

Did they say what our GDP was or how they counted it? That's in USD for the IMF number. That's about $3.19 trillion CAD, which aligns with this StatsCan page at about $3.15 trillion. 2% of that is about $63 billion, which would require a lot more than an extra $9 billion for this year or...

Base infrastucture would almost certainly fall under defence spending still. But for things like arctic facilities, maybe it would fall under the dual-function section. I guess we could sign contracts for major projects, but most of the big ticket projects are already budgeted. Maybe an...

I hate the man, and I won't say thank you, but I will acknowledge that 'Russia is our new friend and NATO is bad actually' certainly has motivated people. Thank you for the translation. I'm hopeful, but will try to contain myself until I see weapons in hand, and not just another dozen of...

I think higher % defence spending (or appearance thereof) is the priority here, not what does the CCG bring to DND and vice versa. This is almost certainly one aspect of trade negotiations and these kinds of details will simply have to be worked out. Understanding it in that context might help...

Yeah I really can't see being able to spend that much money, even if it gets allocated. There would be need to some substantial changes to enable it. I know I said I could think of lots of things, but I don't think we could process orders for 10,000s of thousands of NVGs, TWS, rucksacks, frag...

Might not be as bad as some might expect for the Coast Guard depending on how they approach it. If they leave it mostly as is, but add in an armed uniformed component to operate weapons, provide boarding parties/an armed enforcement capability you could still see a large portion remaining...

I'd love extra pay, but more options for higher spec spay for specific trades, housing (PMQs and allowances), childcare, perhaps retention bonuses should all be part of it. HIMARS seems an obvious choice, though I was under the impression that was already budgeted. When the F-35 talk started up...

Re; C6 firing tables - they're in the pam, after the lessons on firing with a map and firing table. I'm not aware of them ever not being in there but I've only used it since 2008 so I don't know what happened in the 90s and 2000s. We covered it in 2011 on my IPSW, though I think it may have been...

I'm debating whether to say that video is a straight up lie or grossly misleading, but I tend more towards straight up lie as it offers no actual explanation for how the spending occurred, and explicitly states it was $70 billion spend over the campaign. The Governor General authorized it for...

Quick and easy to do, can leave a few laying around to hit first responders too. Some quick googling - a DJI T50 agricultural drone is a bit under $40k. Carries a 40kg payload for spraying. With autonomous control you could fly over any kind of large public gathering without fear of jamming and...

While testing data will actually tell the real story, wouldn't excess wear from those long ranges only be a concern when shooting at those ranges? If If the barrel wear issue remains the same as with the XM1299, then wouldn't reserving that capability for emergencies and just firing on lower...

To help keep a truck line open with our small numbers we could offer discounted used trucks (or new builds with government backed financing) for friendly countries. Donate trucks to friendly countries with older fleets, or to the UN and other international groups for peacekeeping, WFP support...

We absolutely need to pay close attention to how different types of artillery are performing in Ukraine, but also take into account the factors behind some of that performance. Do their wheeled SPGs have comparable survivability rates to their tracked platforms? Are they being used in the same...

Absolutely - radical suggestion I know will upset some people, instead of forcing public servants to return to office, there seems to be indication that it's productivity increased with working from home. So make as many PS jobs that can be done from home, able to be done from home. We reduce...

Pay is good for people who are unskilled/uneducated for sure. Mixed bag depending on individual skill and education levels, but the fact that we keep having retention problems, especially amongst skilled trades, seems to point to their being working conditions for which alternatives are proving...

Just raises, absolutely - but with retention problems, raises/retention bonuses alongside things like geographic stability, housing, childcare, healthcare, or other benefits are needed to keep critical personnel in. We could double our F-35 order but it means nothing if pilots and techs have...

Our own budget gives 34%, you can download .csv files of breakdowns of spending by department off Canada.ca if you want to dig into it. But this NATO doc is probably the best measure to make meaningful comparisons with allied countries, and provides a common baseline to measure each other...

That's more than the initial 200 Canada paid for, I don't think there are actual public details on contracts Roshel has with Ukraine for the vehicles they've been buying beyond that, but maybe including RWS, further design refinements, added protection, comms gear? could all be adding to it...