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We didn't enter a free trade agreement with China. We made a specific targeted deal to revert our tariffs on Chinese vehicles of 100%, implemented alongside the US in late 2024, back to the previous amount of 6.1%, which had been in effect when CUSMA was signed. Nothing was violated, and it was...

Re: chemical attack - that was more of a potential 9/11 style attack possibility. Whether a nuclear response is doctrine gets hard to implement if it's carried out by a non-state actor. Also that's more of a worst case scenario. Oil refineries - Depends on whether the state actor thinks, if the...

I have more time commanding a company and I'm an NCO. That seems an awful lot like a confirmation that stockpiles are in fact low. This is another clear example of why the rest of us need to get our act together. We need a multitude of Non-US sourced munitions of all types, ideally redundant...

I think I've posted this before, but here is a cheap crop spraying drone available in Canada right now. 75 L tank, $25k cost. How hard would it be to improvise 75 L of some kind of chemical weapon. How hard would it be for someone add fiber optic control if they're willing to get caught on...

I really think this should have been a percentage, with a higher percentage for Reg Force vs Reserve and based on total time, not just continuous. That way you incentivize both staying in and coming back, advancement, and active participation for reservists. Something like 1% for each level, and...

I was cautiously optimistic about 24 Sussex, but now I'm disappointed by this line from the PM website: I don't think the building is significant in terms of architecture. I don't think most Canadians can even picture it in their head. It's not a national (or international) symbol of our...

The current administration has demonstrated that any agreement with it cannot be trusted. While I have hopes that future administrations (Democrat or Republican) would be willing to work with us and include us in something like their 6th gen program, I don't trust that at all and a firm...

There doesn't seem to be any clear info. From the Guardian: “The MOU … is about a page,” Vance said Ultimately it seems like there is a single page MoU laying out concepts they can spend the next few months negotiating. The concepts of a peace deal if you will. Opening Hormuz (and unfreezing...

Not a deal to sell, a plan to deploy them in Germany. Allegedly over escalation concerns about deploying intermediate range missiles in Europe that could target Russia. As if that wasn't the point. Or that every NATO ship that has a strike length VLS can carry them. Or the myriad stealth...

Ontario, not sure what year mid but I was born in 88, so around mid 90s, I think it was also like grade 4 or something. I have barely even a vague recollection, but I do vaguely remember some lessons and anatomical images. Kids aren't ignorant of their bodies, that people have sex (even if they...

I'm really hoping that LAV figure is less specifically LAVs and more AFV in general. It makes sense to get some more in the short term to keep the factory running - but we should be running a competition for a new common fleet of tracked AFVs to fill those roles with LAVs eventually being...

Fair - the Fraser report doesn't take benefits into account. However, that report you linked isn't actually a report, it's a bunch of quick example calculations that focus wholly on families in northern Ontario receiving both Ontario specific tax credits (the Ontario Trillium Benefit) and having...

I only skimmed the report, so I may have missed something, but that's not true. For 2025, the bottom 20% (nevermind 40%) paid 0.7% of personal income taxes.

Some quick googling led me to this from the same report that Czech_pivo's numbers seem to come from. The top 20% pay more than their share of income, the next 40% are roughly even, the bottom 20% pay a little less half of total taxes relative to their income which honestly, is more than I...

While different guns, do they not both use the same 35mm x 228mm ammo? Rheinmetall says the AHEAD ammo is compatible with the Bushmaster gun. Would it not be more a matter of updating fire control systems if needed? You'd also need to tie the IFVs into your air defence picture if you're...

I initially agreed with this but in hindsight, no, that's bullshit. Clearly, not literally everyone needs it, but basic load carriage and sleeping gear should be available to most/all members if for nothing else than dom ops, or being tasked out last minute for something where you may not be...

Not a Navy person, but I'm familiar with .50 cals army side - what are the reasons for preferring .50 RWS vs something heavier like the ~30mm systems that are available? I would imagine magazine space and weight isn't such an issue on a ship this size for ammunition, and given limited space to...

Don't worry, I got you. You can put them in the CARB as a tank trainer. We can get all the MGS turrets and ammo for cheap. Tell the working group I'll take $10 million for my consulting fee.

They may have been updated, but they weren't distributed, at least not all the way down to those of us at the very not pointy end. I only got the one early on in the 'training' and the only changes I was told was repeated changes about whether or not gloves and sunglasses were use of force...

Apparently the rate is $1 per barrel of oil paid in Crypto. Trump (and family) get a bit cut of anything from World Liberty Financial and part of his good relations with Pakistan is driven in part by a Pakistani crypto bro, so tolling the Strait and Trump (and/or the Board of Peace, other Trump...