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From the press release. Strongly suggests a done deal "on behalf of the Honourable David J. McGuinty, Minister of National Defence, announced Sydney, Nova Scotia, as the preferred location to explore the maintenance port for the Canadian Coast Guard’s future polar icebreakers"...

Will the announcement of the new CCG maintenance base in Sydney worsen the manpower situation?

Railroads have experimented with the concept of road trailers assembled into trains for a number of decades. Low take-up by industry, weight problems with rail bogies and labour issues were some of the issue that led to a slow death. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roadrailer

Including the scurvy lot staking out the Co-Op?

Is a dedicated DND armoury required? On the prairies there are warehouse with office buildings almost everywhere. Oil &Gas love them and leave them. Fenced compounds. External pads, even plug in parking. Lease rather than use capital dollars

As a civvie I found this post on the difference between FFH and AOPS crew structure useful in understanding the challenges of getting the manpower side locked in. Likely old hat to those of you in the know. https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1F8P7pTmxZ/

And as a former civilian employer any restructuring needs to deal with the issue of job protection. A few collective agreements cover military leave but most don't. And the majority of workplaces are not unionized

Groupe Desgagnés has a fleet of dry cargo ships with a variety of ships sailing from Montreal to the High Arctic (see High Arctic Haulers series on the 2020 sealift) Could the CAF partner on 2-3 additional ships that could be designed to move wheeled/tracked vehicles, etc and then place them on...

According to BC data and the municipal strategic plan Burnaby with 301 regular members and 150 civilian employees would be next. https://burnaby.widen.net/s/w5v9pfjcdp/rcmp-strategic-plan

Although off topic Nicholas Drummond has reposted his view of a 2 division British Army on X.

I have been following some similar debates about the best configuration for UK army forces and this has popped up

Copies now available on Amazon for $12 and this civilian is happy to pay for the hardcopy upgrade. Unsustainable At Any Price: The Canadian Armed Forces in Crisis https://a.co/d/8hXE60T

Setting aside the legal issues what impact does this have on the Snowbirds? Is there a spare pilot for the solo position or does the entire team stand down for the current performance season?

Would a Reserve squadron or separate flights adjacent to major commercial bases such as Calgary or Vancouver make more sense? More flight crew and maintainers, closer to Cold Lake and Comox.