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Because the RCN refused to listen to the RN who tried this exact experiment a decade earlier than them and it turned out horribly (they reversed it). Canada being Canada ignored them and did it to similar results, except they are too stubborn to admit it failed (so far). Main reason I suspect...

Your missing the most important part. Britain is forced to end it due to America threatening to offload their debt and destroy the British economy. Look at America and everyones stance with their bonds, not that far off debt wise, main difference being it is more spread out than Britain making...

A nuclear deterrent is a more effective deterrent (but not a guarantee). That being said conventional forces can be a effective deterrent as well. Look at Switzerland hasn’t been invaded in centuries despite being surrounded by countries that at various points in time wanted to. Sometimes it...

Not just that girls school, but those bombs dropped on their universities too. Again the US and Israel are making the propaganda for them.

That 85 million will be shrinking as some are drawn to support the regime as a Iran vs US/Israel war, not as the people vs the regime. The US has done a horrible job on the propaganda side of this war. Bombing schools and declaring a holy war isn’t exactly what you say to get the local...

Not fully. They still provide intel and allow the Europeans to buy American equipment to give to Ukraine. If America is short munitions they won’t sell any and if they lose a bunch of important aircraft they are less likely to use them over Ukraine and more likely to use them over Iran.

More than that, the worse the situation in Iran becomes for the US the more likely they are to abandon Ukraine.

The RCMP is new to unions, this is just the start of the fun that can arise. So far with my time dealing with them I have seen clear discriminatory advantage given to certain people (saw one particular union president write more pay into a collective agreement for him and him alone, if the...

Depends on the year. At one point the US had boots on the ground in Russia.

Trudeau, Harper, Martin, Chretien doesn’t matter. At the end of the day they all underfunded national defence for decades resulting in the poorly equipped under prepared military we have today. Actions speak louder than words and the actions taken by the government of Canada over the last 38...

Trudeau actually spent more on the military than Harper did (Trudeau averaging around 1.27% a year whereas Harper averaged about 1.16% a year). Harper has the lowest expenditure on record in 2014 (.99%) out of any year for defence spending. Harper liked to talk a lot about everything they were...

Whose going to make up the difference? Should we just kill OAS in general and instead offer ‘free’ senior housing for those with assets below ‘x’ amount? The reality is if there is no money in the service they won’t provide it and it will be worse for lower income seniors as they will just be...

I think it honestly just comes down to Carney being a actual serious politician who understands that sovereignty isn’t free and if you can’t defend yourself you exist solely based on the good will of others.

Reservist timelines will be different than Reg Force timelines. Reg force you have a job your doing and sending you on course takes away from that. Reserves you don’t have a active job ongoing so there can be more opportunities for career courses, taskings, etc. plus each unit will have...

Could just keep some of the C7A2s for drill if cost is a concern.

Should have happened 10 years ago. OAS is welfare, it doesn’t make sense to pay welfare to someone making more money than the average Canadian. Just bankrupting the future for the greed of the past. Yes, we need to reframe the discussion. OAS sounds a lot better than welfare, we need to...

That 10m is likely on the low side, probably based off the long gun registry and all imported after it went into effect. Before the long gun registry there was a estimated 15-20m firearms in Canada. A ton of firearms were never registered in that program so I believe that to be more accurate.

Last I heard of Cukier she was getting in a lot of trouble at Ryerson for bullying. I believe it cost her being president of the university.

You are assuming there will still be rifle drill going forward. I could see them possibly going the route the Americans and some other nations have gone with having specific drill rifles (M1 Garands, Lee Enfields, etc.) for specific units/teams and everyone else just not doing it.

You can do it, it is just a fight you have to have. Even if you buy a non-unionized yard it can very easily and quickly become unionized. Unions aren’t all bad and in many cases they are necessary, especially in larger companies. Otherwise the little guy can get crushed by accident. Many in...