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I have no fear of my trade being abolished.  If there are only two people left in the forces, one will be the CDS, and other will be a... Clerk!

Highway 17, Kicking Horse pass, parts of NB and MB/SK are brutal and shouldn't even be called the trans Canada.  I figure it's only a matter of time until there's some hazmat incident on the 16 going through Calgary.  This is a big problem and expensive one, but one the feds should take over...

Ah yes, vehicles...  When the reserve COs were at one time clamouring for the same scale of issue as RegF units I would ask them one question - Where is your maint platoon to keep up this new kit? The math is simple.  1 mech can maint 5 vehs.  No mech, no veh.

This sounds a lot like 'civil defence' of the 60's, not in my mind a bad way to go.  However, it is lot like rearranging deck chairs - TMD/OMD are relabelled to CBGs.  Same people, same resources, different name. The 10/90 concept will take a lot of CPR to revive after the fiascos of the third...

"Had to happen on the 401 eventually.....the WORST highway in Canada. Especially the Toronto - Belleville stretch." Actually, the 401 is the busiest highway in all of North America.  From my travels it has been a miracle of upgrading since it was built in 1962.  All the acid head civil...

Articles in Janes and The Economist have pointed out that Airbus has serious legal and financial problems aside from technical issues.  Airbus is an artificial construct, a 'private' company created by the French government so that the aerospace industry would not be subsumed by the British...

SISIP will of course cover him. Being military is a great closer when the credit card companies call offering protection for balances on your cards. 'Thanks but I'm military' and the spiel ends quick!

Bureaucracies gives the illusion of control, just as 'reorganization'  can look like progress. 

Actually, the minister from Montreal has stated that Quebec should get 60% of the spin offs since that province has 60% of the country's aerospace industry. Never mind that it got that when Winnipeg got boned for the CF 18 project.  But hey, Go Jets, Go!

Anyone know when first reading in Parliament will be?

China is far from an option as their population is set to implode like a fusion bomb.  By 2020 there will be 1 billion chinese, but only 400 million females and 300 million males with no chance of a (monogamous) wife.  What did they expect with a one child policy? We could be looking at the...

Divisional notes are just the Navy's version of what a Pl Comd or CSM might record in the course of a year.  As an aside, the Navy produced an excellent pam simply titled 'The Divisional System' which is applicable across the CF (just change the terms).

Yup the typical bs and gobbledygook to rob us of our due. Of late I have been wondering who is the MND? Is it Hollywood Rick or what's his name Oh Yeh Gordon. Nick Once again, althought we as members of the military contribute to it, we do not administer the plan.  We are specific...

In the Battalion 'notes' were kept in the CSMs book, including all the little snowflakes (extras).  When the CSM left the book was burned except for ongoing disciplinary cases. Anything not posted to the pers file (and most things are not appropriate) at the end of PER season should be...

Should we attempt to eliminate the debt completely?  In my view, banking is one of the greatest leaps forward in civilization.  We would not have won a war in the last century or produced any great capital project like the St Lawrence seaway without it.  Our forebears may not have chosen...

I'll be a flamer and throw out the rediculous again.  The MO Capt can only do 13 pushups.  Punt?

I recently attended my SCAN seminar as my RegF 20 is up.  Not surprisingly, when I asked 4 authorities present a question regarding pensions and terms of service I also got different answers.  It is well worth knowing that the pension act is NOT military but under civilian purview and the...

I didn't want to post this but perhaps I failed to mention the obvious.  Dad is in Alberta.  Paying taxes in and to Alberta (including health care premiums).  The wife and kids are still down east consuming health, education and welfare resources at the provincial and municipal level. There are...

Ok, if it's down to a flat tax or not, let's get rid of all the levy's, user fees and smorgasborg tax exemptions.  Or not....

"Although simple taxes sound like a great idea, I'm actually a believe that we do need a carrot & stick approach to get people to strategically do the things they should be for the maximum benefit of the country.  Specifically, although I understand the interest in flat tax systems"  Cdn...