Canada moves to 2% GDP end of FY25/26 - PMMC

[dapaterson]

No, I'm pretty sure the business owner can go away for a year on a French course and leave the implementor without guidance and everything will be just hunky dory.

 

[Cloud Cover]

No, I'm pretty sure the business owner can go away for a year on a French course and leave the implementor without guidance and everything will be just hunky dory.

Sounds about right.

 

[Cloud Cover]

I thought it was the Ford plant that was going to anchor the community for 50yrs?

In fairness to Ford Talbotville, they were there for almost 50 years.

 

[Czech_pivo]

In fairness to Ford Talbotville, they were there for almost 50 years.

Had cousins that worked at that facility.

 

[Colin Parkinson]

100% - the Project Owner is the 'Champion', the person pushing both 'downwards' and 'upwards' to ensure that the project is successfully implemented. The Project Manager is the person on the hook to meet all deliverables as per the project timelines and to escalate when necessary up the Project Owner of any roadblocks that they themselves can't unblock.

The more invested the Project Owner is, the greater chance of success the project will have.

Ha Phoenix laughs in your face about accountability!

 

[FJAG]

I love my Forester, but now I want a Forester Wilderness.

We've got the Touring version. Our Wilderness days are behind us.

No, I'm pretty sure the business owner can go away for a year on a French course and leave the implementor without guidance and everything will be just hunky dory.

That's because that's the way DND generally works. "We're all to busy with the present to concern ourselves about the future!"

 

[PrairieFella]

I love my Forester, but now I want a Forester Wilderness.

My Crosstrek Outdoor was made in Japan, its a fantastic car. Certainly better than the American and Canadian made cars Ive had in the past haha.

 

[FJAG]

Turning to 2% and the DND business model brings up the subject of Amazon's layoff of 14,000 folks. It appears its not AI related nor financially driven at all but a realignment of business lines that were no longer agile enough and needed to have layers removed

Amazon says it didn’t cut 14,000 people because of money. It cut them because of ‘culture’​

. . . Jassy explained that as Amazon added headcount, locations and lines of business in recent years, “you end up with a lot more people than what you had before, and you end up with a lot more layers … sometimes without realizing it, you can weaken the ownership of the people that you have who are doing the actual work.”

Amazon’s headcount peaked at more than 1.6 million in 2021; it ended last year with around 1.5 million employees, according to SEC filings.

“It can lead to slowing you down as a leadership team,” he said. “We are committed to operating like the world’s largest startup, and … that means removing layers.”

https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/30/tech/amazon-layoffs-andy-jassy-ai-culture

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[MilEME09]

Korea gearing up more for possible major orders from canada

https://twitter.com/x/status/1983770623580238253

 

[daftandbarmy]

Korea gearing up more for possible major orders from canada

https://twitter.com/x/status/1983770623580238253

 

[Halifax Tar]

Korea gearing up more for possible major orders from canada

https://twitter.com/x/status/1983770623580238253

Good!

 

[daftandbarmy]

Good!

Just a reminder about what's likely on offer ....

South Korea Pitches $18 Billion Submarine & Arms Deal to Canada Amid US Tensions​

Earlier this month, news broke that a trio of South Korean companies had teamed to make an ambitious offer to the Canadian armed forces. The deal: CAN20 to 24 billion (US$14 to 17 billion) worth of submarines and an additional CAN1 billion (US$720 million) in armored vehicles and artillery systems. Hyundai Heavy Industries, partnering with rival firms Hanwha Ocean and Hanwha Aerospace, reportedly made the proposal in early March, though details are only now becoming clear. The pitches come at an opportune time, as Canada faces a pressing need for military modernization and relations with its traditional arms supplier, the United States, fray, as President Trump continues his fiery rhetoric and confrontational posturing. As newly-elected Prime Minister Mark Carney proclaims, “the old relationship with the United States based on… tight security and military cooperation is over”, South Korea scents the opportunity for a blockbuster arms deal and a major inroad into North America.

South Korea Pitches $18 Billion Submarine & Arms Deal to Canada Amid US Tensions - Defense Security Monitor

Earlier this month, news broke that a trio of South Korean companies had teamed to make an ambitious offer to the Canadian armed forces. The deal: CAN20 to 24 billion …

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