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Nisga is the anomoly as far as I know. But it's much more of a "modern" treaty vs. historic so there are many parts of it different. Will defer to your much greater understanding of that portion of BC as to how it's actually working.

To add to the Reserve/Regular Force retention options: 1) DAG green...regardless of Force....pay bonus. A fit CAF is a must. 2) SAR and Volunteer firefighters get the federal $6000 tax break. Locally it's one night a week training plus some weekend/specialty courses for the fire...

When I think of people I know...some of them in uniform....attitudes have changed. From high school drop out oil patch rig workers to very educated professionals there has been a change in last 10 years. They are incredibly proud of the country...most of them have come from other parts of...

I figured we could call them the Lake class and start with the toughest names possible to spell... Pekwachnamaykoskwaskwaypinwanik should be a good confusing one for Opposition forces to call out (it's actually a lake in Manitoba and that's it's Cree name). Downside is I'd hate to see the...

Swan Hills, AB actually doesn't have much of break. Nice enough town just in a bad location to be protected from fires due to being dead center in the forest. Also in AB - Loon River Reserve, Trout Lake First Nation, Chip Lake Reserve evacuated. Peers evacuated tonight. Mercoal and...

None of this is new....30 years ago they were making revenue sharing agreements for a portion of crown timber dues in the Red Lake area being funneled to the local First Nations. But only for mills north of X Latitude and no revenue sharing for communities south of the magic line Hopefully...

So in the same 3 year time period the provincial population has increased from 4.43 million to just over 5 million...roughly 12.8 % population increase. Government of Alberta Not sure where the GoA growth is coming from as at least locally I'm not seeing any growth in positions...and wages...

Thanks so much for the information. The Naval aspect is definitely the weakest knowledge point for me. Those look like a great start...now to have enough to spare hulls and enough CAF members to man them as needed. Love the fact they should be a lower training need when compared to deep...

Again I wonder if it's not the time to look at the Rangers as not just ground forces but expand some numbers in key communities to add a limited maritime aspect. Not replace the RCN and definitely not to create a fully capable amphibious assault trade like the USMC. Context I'm thinking is...

Following up on previous thinking: This is an Australia design - 0.6m draft - that you might be able to move 1 or 2 vehicles with. But at 15m total length it might be fine for river transport but not really meeting ideal CAF needs...

I wonder how that would work for blue water vs. brown water situations. A modern version of a LST for artic unit movements could be great but I wonder about keel depth for use on something like the Churchill or Mackenzie rivers. Even the movement of fuel might require a shallow draft...

For context I think of 1991 Desert Storm but not unique to the Middle East. If Canada needs to deploy to support a Pacific country then we are looking at deploying a force...maybe that is the Latvia resources, maybe that is the training force units in Canada or in a totally messed up situation...

But only for very senior levels and ministers/MLA. Government employee rules have not changed and are quite strict.

Splashy media marketing aside for me the criteria is three fold: 1) Whatever unit needs to be present in large numbers elsewhere in the world (no orphan fleet) 2) Needs to present and active use in both Europe and Asia. Even in Latvia is the main focus today it doesn't mean threats exist...

Was thinking of the changes to international student enrollment and wonder if there is a window for RES (and possibly REG) members to attend and make up some of the missing enrollment numbers. In a nut shell ROTC for any enlistee, where tuition is also compensated with military service, and...

100% agree when as soon as you start passing North Bay/Petawawa areas in Ontario it becomes very rural and even more remote than much of the prairies. One of many reasons I'm no longer out that direction (although the fishing was great).

Canadian ridings as pulled from Government of Canada website: Federal Electoral Districts - Canada 2023 - Open Government Portal Population centers were pulled from census data and only the largest category selected:2021 Census Boundary files. Then took the large center subset and buffered...

The other aspect of the maritimes...who agreed do have many rural areas...is the much smaller size. When I visit Nova Scotia and everyone referred to everything being within 45 min of Halifax...except for Cape Breton....that's what I think of acreage subdivision around...

I've often thought on the differences in culture between Ontario and the west. Speaking of the context of family in southern Ontario and then living in mostly rural northern Alberta. 1. Size of the country. For rural, especially western Canadians, a couple of hour drive for something like...

It's been several decades since I drove that portion of MB so looked quick on Google. Looks like a small area of ~ 10 miles on the far east side of the province outstanding....also where the Canadian Sheild appears to start.