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Wonder if it would be worth it for Canada to get into defence partnerships with (or just buy from) the Turks. Their kit might be a little bit less bleeding-edge expensive than US (setting aside all the other current reasons to avoid our neighbours' kit) and is presumably being built with the...

Where (if at all) does sea time factor into that, as far as building instructor cadres etc., and is a CDC doing presence/training/whatever work a useful platform for that sea time?

The Daily Caller/Maine Wire's framing of salmon as a luxury item seems odd, unless it's some sort of East Coast culinary weirdness. Not exactly a regular diner at CAF steamlines, but seem to remember seeing salmon on a moderately regular basis.

One other note re: age of completion... 16-18 is when cadets are getting the bulk of their experience in leadership/staff/instructional roles. 12-15 is spent specifically under training, developing into leadership roles starting around 14. Both of these phases have value, and regardless of the...

Even without that, why would your hypothetical invader be sticking their nose in there? "We have seized the key to Canada! Our forces hold Bella Coola! We are on the threshold of 450 kilometres of bad highway, bound for the strategic keystone and major metropolis Williams Lake!" Some sort of...

Absolutely. Plus a generous helping of constrained passages, tidal races, etc. Off the top of my head, can't bring to mind another bit of coast as deeply riddled with passages/channels/etc.

Come on, we need something bespoke to Tactically™ slink about/go fer a rip in this neighbourhood:

Belarus, or Lukashenko specifically, doing a dance for an audience of one? Can't imagine there's too much Belarusian enthusiasm, especially below "Cabinet" level, for getting stuck in on behalf of Moscow. Edit: odds on a coup?

Wonder how much of the freaking out is Musk worried that BYD et al will beat out Tesla.

Building a system that can plug into, and get loaded on top of containers on, PLA Fleet Auxiliary ships seems like it might be useful, as well as Q Ship applications.

Could NTOG be re-homed there, too?

Canada's exposure to risk from China is extraordinarily limited compared to the US: we're not culturally-similar neighbours with all the resultant fractally complex relationships and hazards. Does that mean we should be blind to both structural risks as far as trade (non)diversification or...

And even if we want to start producing at scale, that's years of buy/build the machines to build... etc. before there's useful output.

Having a barrier between the work of boatswains and helicopter maintainers seems useful , too.

Is there anywhere, money not an object, in Quebec that would work as a third RCN base? Could have some value for NAVRES training accessibility, on top of redundancy/added capacity, and providing a posting of choice for Francophones.

On the exercises front, how many Euro and Commonwealth armoured divisions and air groups do we have training space for on the Prairies? Does Royal want additional miserable and cold territory to ski on? Might France see value in a North American land and air presence, next door to one of their...

Yeah, even if he doesn't have even nastier views that he's not being so open about, someone who hasn't figured out gender equality in the CAF is probably less than closed up on all sorts of other things. This sort of guy needs to disappear. Nasty, weak, trash human being. No idea how to get rid...

And drinking.

Driving it like it was a vaguely similar but much lighter vehicle, e.g. BTRs or the like?

Get a seat and things stink beyond your ability to influence? Voila, you now have a fantastic opportunity to resign in protest, laying out the numerous failings of the board.