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I'm with Ballz on this one. Most of the units I have been in followed the simple principle of the supervisor keeping a signed but blank leave pass in the bottom drawer - one for each subordinate.  In the event of something happening while on weekend leave without a pass, said supervisor can...

ISIL online jihadists are now the arbiters of Canada's international stature?  Really?

Apologies about the ATF/MESF mixup.  I meant that the loss of 6 x Hornets is not going to materially affect the operational goals of the coalition air effort. As for the capabilities of the refuellers and tankers, my understanding is that the Auroras (in particular) are providing an excellent...

I don't think Tuan has 'missed the point', but he (or she) is just looking at it a different way. From what I can see, much of the commentary in this thread is based on some assumptions: 1.  Our contributions is materially contributing to the overall mission goal 2.  Any change in that...

I would be absolutely shocked if the refuelling and surveillance capabilities are pulled out.  In fact, I could see the Hornets being replaced by air mobility assets, particularly if their "25,000 refugee" plan by the end of the year involves some RCAF assistance. Harrigan

So do you really think that "2 guys flew in the backseat of the Rafale" and "at least one flew the Eurofighter for a bit" is equivalent to the amount of time spent flying Super Hornet and F-35?  Just because the Air Force wants F-35 does not necessarily mean that it makes the most sense in the...

The short answers are: 1. Yes 2. Not really.  CM's may try to accommodate preferences, but the 'needs of the service' are paramount. Harrigan

The tone on this website has changed noticeably since Nanos started showing polls with the CPC in first place (though will all three within the Margin of Error).  Overall, I don't think anything has changed - all three parties remain more or less tied. I would think that the worst place the CPC...

I would be very interested to know if Lockheed-Martin would actually enter into any competition that has actual fly-offs between F-35 and Super Hornet/Typhoon/Rafale/Gripen?  As far as I am aware the F-35 has never been flown off in a competition, and the X-35 vs X-32 competition was 14 years...

And that is consistent with the belief of the 40% of the nation that is conservative-leaning.  The other 60% (we've discussed this before) believes that government has a positive role to play, and doesn't automatically mean that it must be "more" intrusive. (After all, Bill C-51 is not coming...

No, they aren't necessarily mutually exclusive.  But partisan policies (of any political stripe) are rarely in the national interest. Wow......

Ay, there's the rub.  "Constraining all future governments" doesn't just apply to monies that one might want to spend on 'new, lavish social programmes'.  It applies to all monies, those used for softening the blow of recessions, for purchasing overdue military equipment, for policing, for...

I don't disagree with this post, (and note that the GST is not mentioned in it at all.)  But the argument the CPC uses against the opposition parties is that the CPC is so much better than them on the economy, and there really isn't any evidence to back that up.

Again the claim that everything bad is the fault of 'something else'. I am not an economist, but based on the graph you are showing, I note a few things: 1.  The business cycle at the beginning and end of the Chretien/Martin years is more or less the same 2.  The business cycle at the beginning...

Perhaps if the government would provide credible answers to the questions, they might stop asking them.  But they don't.  As many polls have shown, Canadians don't believe the party line that there is 'nothing to see here'.  If they want to stop the questions, they need to provide the answers. ...

I trust that by brand you mean "Government of Canada" and not "Conservative Party of Canada"?  One can disagree with the latter as long as loyalty to the former is maintained.  I agree that serving members should not - ever- be at any partisan political event in uniform. Harrigan

I believe there are two cases you are referring to, and apparently both are under appeal to the Federal Court.  http://www.thespec.com/news-story/5667524-ndp-could-get-its-day-in-court-over-spending-allegations/ Harrigan

I agree, we need to wait and see. However, I can picture the NDP justifying a modest increase in the defence budget to its base if it was associated with a change in alignment of the force structure to be more domestic-oriented vice expeditionary.  That would seem to be more in line with their...

You may be right, but as you say - it isn't the census itself that was the problem (if there ever was a problem), it was the outcomes.  And now those outcomes are still being enabled, but with less information that before.  I fail to see how that can be in the national interest. And before...

In reading through this entire thread, what astounds me is that so many on here are shocked...SHOCKED... that there may actually be retired veterans who consider more than one party in their voting decision.  Some veterans vote Conservative, some vote NDP, some vote Liberal, some vote Green...