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The whiplash is interesting. Went from and ADM literally telling people to "Spend it like you stole it," to "Can you guys slow down? We don't have money" in like 3 months. Lol. Vote 1 and Vote 5. That said, this isn't really impacting major procurement.

"Drones" are a broad category. It's like saying a 737 and an A380 are both passenger aircraft. That's technically true. But they have vastly different performance and roles. Nobody would suggest we just pick a a 787 in the middle of these two and then have airlines only fly a 300 seater on...

The entire RPAS project is so f'd. They asked for too many things from one platform. That's why it's so late. It's silly. We should have split our domestic surveillance requirements from our theatre level strike requirements. The Sky Guardian will always struggle with the Arctic. And now...

They do. That's part of the training fleet restructuring. It just takes a while to make instructor pilots. And once the new fleets are in, it's easy to buy a few more birds if needed.

It won't. But also, we need to take American complaints about Chinese goods with a grain of salt.

It's funny that you lump Canadian business in with "the world". Our biggest business are those famously innovative grocery stores and banks and railways and telecom. All well protected from foreign competition and all who massively underinvest in productivity relative to G7 peers. Let's not...

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I think a lot of people are forgetting how to Poilievre came to power. He courted the Convoy crowd. These influencers were all part and parcel of an attempt at a Canadian MAGAesque movement. He led their parade and pushed O'Toole. So they are very much his people. He can't control the party...

I believe he would have happily sacrificed Ontario and Quebec industrial jobs to just get more oil and gas sales to the US. Kinda what happened under Harper. https://jobmarketmonitor.com/2014/02/27/manufacturing-in-ontario-some-300000-jobs-lost-over-the-past-decade/ This is really why some...

Stupid autocorrect. Meant to say orbat change.

Great Battle Order video covering the ornate change:

Exactly. I want an IT geek pen tester who will tell me all my vulnerabilities, not a meathead who thinks my biggest problem is not having a .50 cal at the gate. The most likely threat, these days, are not somebody ramming the gate. It's someone flying drones over, attacking infrastructure...

There's always someone who thinks they can run things better. "If only I were in charge...." Step up.

Cbt Arms guy wants to sound important. Actual security has more to do with brains than braun. Exactly why Security Forces is now becoming a proper trade.

100%. It was cute when I took some PS up to North Bay and there was a WASF exercise going on. Was entertaining that somebody thought it was serious.

100%. Unfortunately, the Gripen chuds will take this as evidence of why we shouldn't buy the F-35, instead of evidence that our infrastructure is decrepit. The F-35 has been an amazing forcing function for all of government to do all the infrastructure, security and IT stuff we should have...

We have those courses too. And most serials are full these days. We're flat out told that you will accept less these days. You may want a Sergeant with technical experience as the SME on your project staff. Guess what? You will be getting a new MCpl who has finished his type course. Get...

Correct. They aren't moving to Canada till infrastructure is complete and certified. And on the current timeline, that's probably beyond 2030.

I can read the winds at Carling. A dual fleet is coming. One way or another. So I'd rather have that second fleet be GCAP than Gripen.

People are the LimFac. See my above point. Notably all the staff weanies and procurement folks. ADMs in Carling are fighting over engineers and procurement folks. Some are working multiple projects. Which is a recipe for burnout long run. But because of the way government works, it's not...