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

[Brad Sallows]

Ragging the puck is our national game.

Ragging the puck in politics is something we inherited from the British.

 

[SeaKingTacco]

Honduras, I think Pakistani and quite possibly Haiti.

Nepal, too, I think.

 

[MilEME09]

Nepal, too, I think.

From a quick Google i cant find a deployment for DART since 2013 though

 

[AmmoTech90]

Nepal 2015

Operation RENAISSANCE 15-1 : CAF contribution to humanitarian relief efforts in Nepal - Canada.ca

The Canadian Armed Forces’ contribution to humanitarian operations in Nepal

www.canada.ca

 

[Colin Parkinson]

Nepal 2015

Operation RENAISSANCE 15-1 : CAF contribution to humanitarian relief efforts in Nepal - Canada.ca

The Canadian Armed Forces’ contribution to humanitarian operations in Nepal

www.canada.ca

So since "Canada's back" we not done squat?

 

[MilEME09]

So since "Canada's back" we not done squat?

Pretty much thought CJOC just announced this morning official deployment to Jamaica

 

[PrairieFella]

Pretty much thought CJOC just announced this morning official deployment to Jamaica

Cant let facts like that get in the way of a new grievance to shit on lol

 

[Colin Parkinson]

Hmmm I wonder who was at the helm of that period where DART did not deploy? How was our humanitarian response record in JT's tenure?

 

[YZT580]

Cant let facts like that get in the way of a new grievance to shit on lol

can't find anything on this. All sources are two days old and suggest 20 bodies. Please show this is stale-dated

 

[Cloud Cover]

can't find anything on this. All sources are two days old and suggest 20 bodies. Please show this is stale-dated

But that’s how they roll, no? They send a recce team to see what’s needed, and where. Then phone home and let the big boys know how we can help, if at all.

 

[YZT580]

But that’s how they roll, no? They send a recce team to see what’s needed, and where. Then phone home and let the big boys know how we can help, if at all.

so, Samaritans Purse sends a DC8 full of tents the day after the hurricane. On the Sunday it is their B757 full of whatever that lands in Kingston. On Monday there is a full hospital setup complete with OR, ICU and ward space. Meanwhile Canada, with a hell of a lot bigger budget than the Graham's have sends 20 people to look things over and a week later still haven't done a damn thing. Pathetic

 

[Maxman1]

Just like the Turkey earthquake two years ago, when the government dithered so much Turkey said not to bother.

 

[Kirkhill]

Just like the Turkey earthquake two years ago, when the government dithered so much Turkey said not to bother.

As I have suggested - for Ottawa that is a feature, not a bug.

 

[GK .Dundas]

It would probably help if your decision trees during a crisis didn't include focus groups and polling.

 

[Kirkhill]

It would probably help if your decision trees during a crisis didn't include focus groups and polling.

But then you would have to make a decision and you might be wrong.

What would you do then?

 

[YZT580]

But then you would have to make a decision and you might be wrong.

What would you do then?

what is that expression? It is better to have tried and failed than never to have tried at all.

 

[Maxman1]

It would probably help if your decision trees during a crisis didn't include focus groups and polling.

The Procrastinator springs into inaction.

 

[PuckChaser]

Adrienne Arsenault covers the 2% GDP promise in this 20 min segment and outlines a couple key issues hampering this effort. In the words of Murray Brewster, I'll believe it when I see it.

 

[GK .Dundas]

what is that expression? It is better to have tried and failed than never to have tried at all.

I suspect that never been said by anyone in Ottawa....

 

[Rifleman62]

This is UK commentary. Canada is in the same situation.

Is the UK Ready for War? How Britain's Military Compares​

Britain's military and government is officially preparing for a possible war in Europe. The UK's latest National Security Strategy openly talks about "the possibility of the UK homeland coming under direct threat” in a wartime scenario. Britain hasn’t embarked on a strategy like this since the Cold War ended over thirty years ago to bolster its troops, drones, submarines, cyber capabilities and nuclear arsenal.Ukraine, of course, has been living through exactly those scenarios for the past three and a half years. However, Britain’s defence chiefs are deeply uneasy about something else, whether everything from cash machines to the health service or control of our air space could be kept going. How would hospitals handle mass casualties and could the power grid stay online under attack?And how would we even find and train enough people to keep fighting if things truly escalated?