Government hints at boosting Canada’s military spending

I'll believe it when I see it.

 

[Underway]

They also have their fleet of 4 x Vanguard-class SSBN's which are their nuclear deterrent ballistic missile subs. It was noted in the SDR that the RN is to begin working on the requirements to replace these as well.

Dreadnaught class is already being built.

 

[Halifax Tar]

No. What I'm suggesting is two classes of RegF service. The first class would be identical what you see now where DND can send you on missions as well as post you depending on the needs of the CAF.

The second class of service has an individual enrol on continuous full, time service but restricted to service in a certain defined geographic area - lets say the GTA or Montreal region or - for the Navy Halifax or Victoria. It ensures that an individual can have a full career in one region staying close to family and allowing their spouse to have a full civilian career of their own. There would be a finite set of positions within the region that can be posted into and around - let's say 1,000 PYs to various units in the GTA such as hybrid RegF/ResF battalions and brigades. People could voluntarily elect to change between one type of service and another depending on vacancies. Promotions and postings within a region would be more limited than outside the regions.

The tricky part is defining the pay, allowance and promotion benefits associated with service outside these regions to make staying generally available for unrestricted postings attractive enough.

Class B reserve service would be highly restricted to true, short-term contracts for such things as back-filling temporary PY vacancies (like maternity/paternity leave)

Both classes of service would be liable for deployments. Incidentally, I'm also much more in favour of placing individual reservists and hybrid units compulsorily on active service for deployments in the nature of the US ARNG and USAR. And yes, there needs to be strong employer/employee legislation for that.

The proposed journey program offered this.

I would say cap promotions. Want geographic stability ? No worries, you're finished at MS.

 

[FJAG]

The proposed journey program offered this.

I would say cap promotions. Want geographic stability ? No worries, you're finished at MS.

Our RCMP members can correct me if I'm wrong, but I thing there is a thing where if you are eligible for promotion you can elect not to take one which is not in the local area but remain eligible for a promotion locally.

I could see a two tiered career management system. Let's say you have a hybrid brigade in Toronto; the brigade would career manage personnel who are in the Toronto-restricted RegF class as well as the reservists there while a national career manager manages all personnel who are not in the unrestricted class as well as managing all requests to transfer from one class to the other.

 

[Kirkhill]

Campbell Clark, Saskatoon and Vilnius

NATO Meeting coming up. Preview in Vilnius.

Bucharest 9 met with the Nordics

Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary, Slovakia, Czechia, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia met with Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Iceland (Add in The Faroes and Greenland under Denmark).

The Joint Expeditionary Force includes the Nordics plus Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia It also includes the Netherlands and the UK. Under Starmer the UK continues to disappoint me.

I shall not be surprised if Carney, friend of Starmer and Macron, also disappoints at the NATO meeting.

....

The ask is for 3.5 to 5% of GDP. In the next year.

The UK has just said "no hope".

We shall see.

....

Having said that Carney will have to do better than 1.3%.

And to do better than 1.3% he will need money.

Which brings us to Campbell Clark and Saskatoon.

Clark is a reliable LPC bellwether. Almost as reliable as Lawrence Martin.

Opinion: Should Canada build a pipeline to the West or the East?

One is driven by diversifying markets; the other is about energy security – and the Prime Minister leans West

www.theglobeandmail.com

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith went into the first ministers’ meeting calling for a commitment to an oil pipeline to the northern B.C. coast. Some Eastern Canadian premiers suggested they’re keen on an oil pipeline that would go across the country from west to east.

One is driven primarily by economics and diversifying markets. The other is about Canada’s energy security.

And the Prime Minister certainly made it sound like he sees that pipeline going to the West Coast.

“The opportunity is there. The market is there, in Asia,” Mr. Carney said.

That suggests the Prime Minister favours a pipeline to the Pacific over one across the country.

That’s what Ms. Smith wants – a pipeline to northern B.C., a route that is shorter and more profitable. It would diversify oil-export markets and make Canada’s energy industry less dependent on U.S. customers.

Short form:

• a pipeline to the east to serve Canadians will cost money
• a pipeline to the west to serve Asians will make money.

Carney, again, will be looking for money, not to spend it.
He will also be looking to make money from the Europeans to give to the Americans. Hence his joining the ReArm Europe project

He can also make money selling resources to the Europeans. A lot can be moved by rail but rail capacity will need to be expanded.

Adopting the Rupert-Churchill Western Corridor would serve both the European and Asian markets at minimum cost.

....

The Europeans are taking notice - German requests for Gas. Denmark at Vilnius wanting to cut off Russian energy (hydrocarbons and uranium) and this Brit (late Conservative Defence Minister)

Opinion: Britain needs energy. Canada has energy. Why can’t we work together and dream big?

....

Carney's fig-leaf is "decarbonization". Decarbonized Oil. Or, in Danielle Smith's formulation, Decarbonized Bitumen. We are no longer talking about oil, or tar sands, or Western Canadian Shale. We are talking about bitumen.

Funny stuff that bitumen. You can extract oil from it an burn it. Releasing CO2. Or you can use it to fill in potholes on city streets.

Most bitumen appears to be a by-product of the refining process. But as Europe goes green there are fewer refiners producing less bitumen.

Shell ends direct bitumen sales to some German buyers | Latest Market News

Shell will stop directly supplying bitumen to some of its low-volume customers in Germany, with effect from 1 April.

www.argusmedia.com

And Europe has potholes

RAC Pothole Index – statistics and data UK roads | RAC Drive

The latest pothole data, statistics and growth projections. Find everything you need to know about potholes with research and stats from the RAC.

www.rac.co.uk

Electric cars don't react to potholes any better than IC cars, and due to their weight they create potholes faster.

So we ship a construction material and they can build with it or burn it. Their choice.

Wab Kinew and Scott Moe have both said they are fine with moving oil/bitumen but rail or pipe. Wab would also be happy to ship uranium.

....

It is true that Churchill is a seasonal operation but perhaps that can be resolved with an all season entrepot like Cushing or Hardisty. Where would you place that? Placentia NL? Saint John or Belledune NB? How about Milford Haven UK? Feed it by ice-capable tankers and ship at leisure.

....

There are a lot of moving pieces at play and I don't expect to see an outline until the Fall economic statement.

I will be interested to see what comes out of the NATO summit.
I will also be intrigued to see if Daniel can corral a proponent or two.
People talk about the Northern Gateway Pipeline which was rejected.
They forget about Calvin Helin and Lax Kw'alaams Eagle Spirit Pipeline from Bruderheim to the Dixon Entrance which was backed all along its route by First Nations and approved. The only thing that stopped it was the tanker moratorium.

Curious thing about the Lax Kw'alaams. They don't yet have a finalized land claim. And their claim extends to the disputed waters of the Dixon Entrance. They also have ties to the Alaskan Metlakatla and had lined up an alternate port at Hyder, AK at the head of the Portland Canal which discharges into the Dixon Entrance at Lax Kw'alaams.

As I said, lots of moving pieces.


....


Both Churchill and Grays Bay Corridors could come out of the 1.5% along with Ontario's Ring of Fire road and port.

 

[Czech_pivo]

Campbell Clark, Saskatoon and Vilnius

NATO Meeting coming up. Preview in Vilnius.

Bucharest 9 met with the Nordics

Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary, Slovakia, Czechia, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia met with Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Iceland (Add in The Faroes and Greenland under Denmark).

The Joint Expeditionary Force includes the Nordics plus Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia It also includes the Netherlands and the UK. Under Starmer the UK continues to disappoint me.

I shall not be surprised if Carney, friend of Starmer and Macron, also disappoints at the NATO meeting.

....

The ask is for 3.5 to 5% of GDP. In the next year.

The UK has just said "no hope".

We shall see.

....

Having said that Carney will have to do better than 1.3%.

And to do better than 1.3% he will need money.

Which brings us to Campbell Clark and Saskatoon.

Clark is a reliable LPC bellwether. Almost as reliable as Lawrence Martin.

Opinion: Should Canada build a pipeline to the West or the East?

One is driven by diversifying markets; the other is about energy security – and the Prime Minister leans West

www.theglobeandmail.com

Short form:

• a pipeline to the east to serve Canadians will cost money
• a pipeline to the west to serve Asians will make money.

Carney, again, will be looking for money, not to spend it.
He will also be looking to make money from the Europeans to give to the Americans. Hence his joining the ReArm Europe project

He can also make money selling resources to the Europeans. A lot can be moved by rail but rail capacity will need to be expanded.

Adopting the Rupert-Churchill Western Corridor would serve both the European and Asian markets at minimum cost.

....

The Europeans are taking notice - German requests for Gas. Denmark at Vilnius wanting to cut off Russian energy (hydrocarbons and uranium) and this Brit (late Conservative Defence Minister)

Opinion: Britain needs energy. Canada has energy. Why can’t we work together and dream big?

....

Carney's fig-leaf is "decarbonization". Decarbonized Oil. Or, in Danielle Smith's formulation, Decarbonized Bitumen. We are no longer talking about oil, or tar sands, or Western Canadian Shale. We are talking about bitumen.

Funny stuff that bitumen. You can extract oil from it an burn it. Releasing CO2. Or you can use it to fill in potholes on city streets.

Most bitumen appears to be a by-product of the refining process. But as Europe goes green there are fewer refiners producing less bitumen.

Shell ends direct bitumen sales to some German buyers | Latest Market News

Shell will stop directly supplying bitumen to some of its low-volume customers in Germany, with effect from 1 April.

www.argusmedia.com

And Europe has potholes

RAC Pothole Index – statistics and data UK roads | RAC Drive

The latest pothole data, statistics and growth projections. Find everything you need to know about potholes with research and stats from the RAC.

www.rac.co.uk

Electric cars don't react to potholes any better than IC cars, and due to their weight they create potholes faster.

So we ship a construction material and they can build with it or burn it. Their choice.

Wab Kinew and Scott Moe have both said they are fine with moving oil/bitumen but rail or pipe. Wab would also be happy to ship uranium.

....

It is true that Churchill is a seasonal operation but perhaps that can be resolved with an all season entrepot like Cushing or Hardisty. Where would you place that? Placentia NL? Saint John or Belledune NB? How about Milford Haven UK? Feed it by ice-capable tankers and ship at leisure.

....

There are a lot of moving pieces at play and I don't expect to see an outline until the Fall economic statement.

I will be interested to see what comes out of the NATO summit.
I will also be intrigued to see if Daniel can corral a proponent or two.
People talk about the Northern Gateway Pipeline which was rejected.
They forget about Calvin Helin and Lax Kw'alaams Eagle Spirit Pipeline from Bruderheim to the Dixon Entrance which was backed all along its route by First Nations and approved. The only thing that stopped it was the tanker moratorium.

Curious thing about the Lax Kw'alaams. They don't yet have a finalized land claim. And their claim extends to the disputed waters of the Dixon Entrance. They also have ties to the Alaskan Metlakatla and had lined up an alternate port at Hyder, AK at the head of the Portland Canal which discharges into the Dixon Entrance at Lax Kw'alaams.

As I said, lots of moving pieces.


....


Both Churchill and Grays Bay Corridors could come out of the 1.5% along with Ontario's Ring of Fire road and port.

The long shot is getting any sort of pipeline across Quebec. The next long shot would be replacing the portion of the pipeline that goes through Michigan to run entirely within Ontario - and I believe that this should be considered a priority to ensure our ability to control our own gas/oil from end to end.

I think that a way forward to address the 'clean energy' schtick that Carney most likely feels the need to stroke is the throw some money into the small modular nuclear plants that Ontario is moving heavily into. Get New Brunswick on board with adding some and even get Sask/Alberta/Nova Scotia to do so as well. Sask should be sold on the idea of you mine the uranium yourself, why not use some of it to create energy in the province as well.

The most logical pipeline solution(s) is most likely going with the shortest routes as possible. Build another to BC and build something to Churchill and icebreakers to ship it off to UK/Europe. Just totally spit-balling here - how feasible would it be to station the 2 CCGS AOPS at Churchill and transfer 3 of the remaining 6 over to them as well for icebreaking in Hudson Bay - Hudson Strait - over the winter months. Keep the remaining 3 in BC for their annual run up to the Arctic in the summer and then down to Mexico for drug-smuggling ops in the winter months.

One pipeline to BC will draw in South Korea and/or Japan closer to us and the other draws in the UK/EU closer to us.

Just my attempt at addressing the issues facing us.

 

[Czech_pivo]

Campbell Clark, Saskatoon and Vilnius

NATO Meeting coming up. Preview in Vilnius.

Bucharest 9 met with the Nordics

Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary, Slovakia, Czechia, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia met with Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Iceland (Add in The Faroes and Greenland under Denmark).

The Joint Expeditionary Force includes the Nordics plus Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia It also includes the Netherlands and the UK. Under Starmer the UK continues to disappoint me.

I shall not be surprised if Carney, friend of Starmer and Macron, also disappoints at the NATO meeting.

....

The ask is for 3.5 to 5% of GDP. In the next year.

The UK has just said "no hope".

We shall see.

....

Having said that Carney will have to do better than 1.3%.

And to do better than 1.3% he will need money.

Which brings us to Campbell Clark and Saskatoon.

Clark is a reliable LPC bellwether. Almost as reliable as Lawrence Martin.

Opinion: Should Canada build a pipeline to the West or the East?

One is driven by diversifying markets; the other is about energy security – and the Prime Minister leans West

www.theglobeandmail.com

Short form:

• a pipeline to the east to serve Canadians will cost money
• a pipeline to the west to serve Asians will make money.

Carney, again, will be looking for money, not to spend it.
He will also be looking to make money from the Europeans to give to the Americans. Hence his joining the ReArm Europe project

He can also make money selling resources to the Europeans. A lot can be moved by rail but rail capacity will need to be expanded.

Adopting the Rupert-Churchill Western Corridor would serve both the European and Asian markets at minimum cost.

....

The Europeans are taking notice - German requests for Gas. Denmark at Vilnius wanting to cut off Russian energy (hydrocarbons and uranium) and this Brit (late Conservative Defence Minister)

Opinion: Britain needs energy. Canada has energy. Why can’t we work together and dream big?

....

Carney's fig-leaf is "decarbonization". Decarbonized Oil. Or, in Danielle Smith's formulation, Decarbonized Bitumen. We are no longer talking about oil, or tar sands, or Western Canadian Shale. We are talking about bitumen.

Funny stuff that bitumen. You can extract oil from it an burn it. Releasing CO2. Or you can use it to fill in potholes on city streets.

Most bitumen appears to be a by-product of the refining process. But as Europe goes green there are fewer refiners producing less bitumen.

Shell ends direct bitumen sales to some German buyers | Latest Market News

Shell will stop directly supplying bitumen to some of its low-volume customers in Germany, with effect from 1 April.

www.argusmedia.com

And Europe has potholes

RAC Pothole Index – statistics and data UK roads | RAC Drive

The latest pothole data, statistics and growth projections. Find everything you need to know about potholes with research and stats from the RAC.

www.rac.co.uk

Electric cars don't react to potholes any better than IC cars, and due to their weight they create potholes faster.

So we ship a construction material and they can build with it or burn it. Their choice.

Wab Kinew and Scott Moe have both said they are fine with moving oil/bitumen but rail or pipe. Wab would also be happy to ship uranium.

....

It is true that Churchill is a seasonal operation but perhaps that can be resolved with an all season entrepot like Cushing or Hardisty. Where would you place that? Placentia NL? Saint John or Belledune NB? How about Milford Haven UK? Feed it by ice-capable tankers and ship at leisure.

....

There are a lot of moving pieces at play and I don't expect to see an outline until the Fall economic statement.

I will be interested to see what comes out of the NATO summit.
I will also be intrigued to see if Daniel can corral a proponent or two.
People talk about the Northern Gateway Pipeline which was rejected.
They forget about Calvin Helin and Lax Kw'alaams Eagle Spirit Pipeline from Bruderheim to the Dixon Entrance which was backed all along its route by First Nations and approved. The only thing that stopped it was the tanker moratorium.

Curious thing about the Lax Kw'alaams. They don't yet have a finalized land claim. And their claim extends to the disputed waters of the Dixon Entrance. They also have ties to the Alaskan Metlakatla and had lined up an alternate port at Hyder, AK at the head of the Portland Canal which discharges into the Dixon Entrance at Lax Kw'alaams.

As I said, lots of moving pieces.


....


Both Churchill and Grays Bay Corridors could come out of the 1.5% along with Ontario's Ring of Fire road and port.

I read an article yesterday on CNBC - link here - https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/20/trump-tariffs-push-asian-partners-to-weigh-investing-in-alaska-lng-project.html?&qsearchterm=new alaskan pipeline

Trump wants this done to pin down the South Koreans/Japan - we are in direct competition with them on this one. The cost, in USD, to make this new Alaskan pipeline a reality is quoted at 'more than 40$ billion.' Surely we can get a nat gas pipeline from Alberta to Prince Rupert for less than 40$ billion USD......

Dangle our new nat gas pipeline in front of the South Koreans and say - Subs for Nat gas?

 

[Kirkhill]

As you say, the Quebec pipeline would be problematic, which effectively isolates the Maritimes.

Also, the end result would be Canadians selling to Canadians. That doesn't buy Canada any foreign credit.

No money to buy Korean subs or German tanks.

 

[Brad Sallows]

attending voluntary nut lengthy training

And really, who wouldn't volunteer to have their nuts trained to be lengthy?

 

[Brad Sallows]

The second class of service has an individual enrol on continuous full, time service but restricted to service in a certain defined geographic area ... There would be a finite set of positions within the region that can be posted into and around ... People could voluntarily elect to change between one type of service and another depending on vacancies. Promotions and postings within a region would be more limited than outside the regions.

The tricky part is defining the pay, allowance and promotion benefits associated with service outside these regions to make staying generally available for unrestricted postings attractive enough.

I can't see the proposed solution (pay, etc benefits) compensating enough, with or without the ability to voluntarily switch between widely post-able and not. I predict the ticks would dig in; there wouldn't be very many limited posting slots left available; with jammy non-post-able positions occupying many of the desirable urban postings, stress on the post-able population would increase.

Best solution still seems to be to move the positions (Class B) out of the Res F and into the Reg F, period.

 

[CountDC]

No. What I'm suggesting is two classes of RegF service. The first class would be identical what you see now where DND can send you on missions as well as post you depending on the needs of the CAF.

The second class of service has an individual enrol on continuous full, time service but restricted to service in a certain defined geographic area - lets say the GTA or Montreal region or - for the Navy Halifax or Victoria. It ensures that an individual can have a full career in one region staying close to family and allowing their spouse to have a full civilian career of their own. There would be a finite set of positions within the region that can be posted into and around - let's say 1,000 PYs to various units in the GTA such as hybrid RegF/ResF battalions and brigades. People could voluntarily elect to change between one type of service and another depending on vacancies. Promotions and postings within a region would be more limited than outside the regions.

The tricky part is defining the pay, allowance and promotion benefits associated with service outside these regions to make staying generally available for unrestricted postings attractive enough.

Class B reserve service would be highly restricted to true, short-term contracts for such things as back-filling temporary PY vacancies (like maternity/paternity leave)

Both classes of service would be liable for deployments. Incidentally, I'm also much more in favour of placing individual reservists and hybrid units compulsorily on active service for deployments in the nature of the US ARNG and USAR. And yes, there needs to be strong employer/employee legislation for that.

That sounds pretty good and corresponds to what I have said for years. The pay part isn't actually that hard at the base level as we already do spec pay along with 2 different Cpl scales (yeah, MCpl isn't actually a rank pay scale, we use Cpl A and Cpl B (MCpl) but dumb it down for the general public that can't grasp it). Just determine an amount such as $1k extra a month for option 1.

Our RCMP members can correct me if I'm wrong, but I thing there is a thing where if you are eligible for promotion you can elect not to take one which is not in the local area but remain eligible for a promotion locally.

I could see a two tiered career management system. Let's say you have a hybrid brigade in Toronto; the brigade would career manage personnel who are in the Toronto-restricted RegF class as well as the reservists there while a national career manager manages all personnel who are not in the unrestricted class as well as managing all requests to transfer from one class to the other.

Nope, not supporting the local brigade CM model. We all already see enough people promoted based on being favoured instead of blind merited. There is also the issue of the local person getting promoted simply because they are the only one in the area while others on option one are not promoted. Do the full merit and if someone local doesn't make it then post in someone that did from option one. Promote on merit not just location. While we are at it stop meriting people not meeting all qualification requirements with those that do and then promoting acting lacking. Merit those that meet the requirements then if not enough do a second board for those that don't. For example if promoting 50 and there are only 40 that meet the requirements then you merit the lacking for the remaining 10.

 

[PrairieFella]

Best solution still seems to be to move the positions (Class B) out of the Res F and into the Reg F, period.

Not that I necessarily disagree as my unit has been heavily attrited by the Class B schtick, but I'm going to play Devil's Advocate.

A lot of Class Bs free up RegF personnel already in short supply to do their actual jobs. People go Cl B for a reason instead of Reg, as they can't get posted or forced on tour so who's to say people will actually make that transition? So let's say 50% of Cl B reservists don't make the jump, where is the RegF going to find the people to staff these hundreds of positions that now open up, usually at higher ranks such as Sgt+. That'll be a tough nut to crack for the institution.

 

[YZT580]

The long shot is getting any sort of pipeline across Quebec. The next long shot would be replacing the portion of the pipeline that goes through Michigan to run entirely within Ontario - and I believe that this should be considered a priority to ensure our ability to control our own gas/oil from end to end.

I think that a way forward to address the 'clean energy' schtick that Carney most likely feels the need to stroke is the throw some money into the small modular nuclear plants that Ontario is moving heavily into. Get New Brunswick on board with adding some and even get Sask/Alberta/Nova Scotia to do so as well. Sask should be sold on the idea of you mine the uranium yourself, why not use some of it to create energy in the province as well.

The most logical pipeline solution(s) is most likely going with the shortest routes as possible. Build another to BC and build something to Churchill and icebreakers to ship it off to UK/Europe. Just totally spit-balling here - how feasible would it be to station the 2 CCGS AOPS at Churchill and transfer 3 of the remaining 6 over to them as well for icebreaking in Hudson Bay - Hudson Strait - over the winter months. Keep the remaining 3 in BC for their annual run up to the Arctic in the summer and then down to Mexico for drug-smuggling ops in the winter months.

One pipeline to BC will draw in South Korea and/or Japan closer to us and the other draws in the UK/EU closer to us.

Just my attempt at addressing the issues facing us.

build another couple or better yet, Davies is supposed to be the ice breaker specialist. Put the to work cutting steel

 

[daftandbarmy]

Not that I necessarily disagree as my unit has been heavily attrited by the Class B schtick, but I'm going to play Devil's Advocate.

A lot of Class Bs free up RegF personnel already in short supply to do their actual jobs. People go Cl B for a reason instead of Reg, as they can't get posted or forced on tour so who's to say people will actually make that transition? So let's say 50% of Cl B reservists don't make the jump, where is the RegF going to find the people to staff these hundreds of positions that now open up, usually at higher ranks such as Sgt+. That'll be a tough nut to crack for the institution.

Well, the key question here is how many of those positions do we really need? For example, to house nine Colonels with umpteen staff each (Class A, B, C and RegF) in ARes CBG HQs (a.k.a. glorified post offices) might not be the best investment of scarce resources.

From Google search land...

• 31 Canadian Brigade Group (31 CBG): Headquartered in London, Ontario, with units in Southwestern Ontario.
  
  
• 32 Canadian Brigade Group (32 CBG): Headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, serving the Greater Toronto Area and surrounding regions.
  
  
• 33 Canadian Brigade Group (33 CBG): Headquartered in Ottawa, Ontario, with units spread throughout the National Capital Region and Eastern Ontario.
  
  
• 34 Canadian Brigade Group (34 CBG): Headquartered in Saint-Hubert, Quebec.
  
  
• 35 Canadian Brigade Group (35 CBG): Headquartered in Quebec City, Quebec.
  
  
• 36 Canadian Brigade Group (36 CBG): Headquartered in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
  
  
• 38 Canadian Brigade Group (38 CBG): Headquartered in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
  
  
• 39 Canadian Brigade Group (39 CBG): Headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia.
  
  
• 41 Canadian Brigade Group (41 CBG): Headquartered in Calgary, Alberta.

 

[QV]

I can't see the proposed solution (pay, etc benefits) compensating enough, with or without the ability to voluntarily switch between widely post-able and not. I predict the ticks would dig in; there wouldn't be very many limited posting slots left available; with jammy non-post-able positions occupying many of the desirable urban postings, stress on the post-able population would increase.

This would happen. It happens now to the extent possible with the aid of social worker and doctor notes and any other means of support.

Then there is the small circle of people who do laps in the NCR bouncing from position to position and back again staying in Ottawa for the majority of their careers. Can't really blame the individual who is just looking out for their own/family interests. This comes back to a need for a professional HR org, sufficiently detached, to supplant the Career Mangler mafia positions... though I did lean on that mafia once out of my six postings to get what I wanted.

 

[MilEME09]

Well, the key question here is how many of those positions do we really need? For example, to house nine Colonels with umpteen staff each (Class A, B, C and RegF) in ARes CBG HQs (a.k.a. glorified post offices) might not be the best investment of scarce resources.

From Google search land...

• 31 Canadian Brigade Group (31 CBG): Headquartered in London, Ontario, with units in Southwestern Ontario.
  
  
• 32 Canadian Brigade Group (32 CBG): Headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, serving the Greater Toronto Area and surrounding regions.
  
  
• 33 Canadian Brigade Group (33 CBG): Headquartered in Ottawa, Ontario, with units spread throughout the National Capital Region and Eastern Ontario.
  
  
• 34 Canadian Brigade Group (34 CBG): Headquartered in Saint-Hubert, Quebec.
  
  
• 35 Canadian Brigade Group (35 CBG): Headquartered in Quebec City, Quebec.
  
  
• 36 Canadian Brigade Group (36 CBG): Headquartered in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
  
  
• 38 Canadian Brigade Group (38 CBG): Headquartered in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
  
  
• 39 Canadian Brigade Group (39 CBG): Headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia.
  
  
• 41 Canadian Brigade Group (41 CBG): Headquartered in Calgary, Alberta.

slightly off topic but anyone know why theres no 40 Brigade?

On topic, I get the whole geography thing, but if the Army and by extension the CAF want the ARes to be self sufficient and capable of training it self we need to be larger then we are. We are one of the few armies in the world who had a reserve force smaller then the regular force. If we want individual augmentation fine s be it, but if you want a steady flow of augmentees, especially for DOMOPS, etc The ARes establishment needs to be expanded to full strength for every unit. This would likely triple or quadruple the ARes available man power and instructors to allow for training and courses to be run without robbing peter to pay paul, and achieving mission tasks.

 

[dapaterson]

Well, the key question here is how many of those positions do we really need? For example, to house nine Colonels with umpteen staff each (Class A, B, C and RegF) in ARes CBG HQs (a.k.a. glorified post offices) might not be the best investment of scarce resources.

From Google search land...

• 31 Canadian Brigade Group (31 CBG): Headquartered in London, Ontario, with units in Southwestern Ontario.
  
  
• 32 Canadian Brigade Group (32 CBG): Headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, serving the Greater Toronto Area and surrounding regions.
  
  
• 33 Canadian Brigade Group (33 CBG): Headquartered in Ottawa, Ontario, with units spread throughout the National Capital Region and Eastern Ontario.
  
  
• 34 Canadian Brigade Group (34 CBG): Headquartered in Saint-Hubert, Quebec.
  
  
• 35 Canadian Brigade Group (35 CBG): Headquartered in Quebec City, Quebec.
  
  
• 36 Canadian Brigade Group (36 CBG): Headquartered in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
  
  
• 38 Canadian Brigade Group (38 CBG): Headquartered in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
  
  
• 39 Canadian Brigade Group (39 CBG): Headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia.
  
  
• 41 Canadian Brigade Group (41 CBG): Headquartered in Calgary, Alberta.

What did 37 CBG do to you to make you leave them off your list?

 

[Brad Sallows]

slightly off topic but anyone know why theres no 40 Brigade?

No 30 Brigade either. The first digit is tied to region (West/East), and they start the numbering within from 1?

 

[Booter]

Our RCMP members can correct me if I'm wrong, but I thing there is a thing where if you are eligible for promotion you can elect not to take one which is not in the local area but remain eligible for a promotion locally.

I could see a two tiered career management system. Let's say you have a hybrid brigade in Toronto; the brigade would career manage personnel who are in the Toronto-restricted RegF class as well as the reservists there while a national career manager manages all personnel who are not in the unrestricted class as well as managing all requests to transfer from one class to the other.

You apply for each promotion by the job and location.

 

[dapaterson]

No 30 Brigade either. The first digit is tied to region (West/East), and they start the numbering within from 1?

Not even that logical.

Start with 31 in Southern Ontario, move more or less east with increments of one through Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal and Quebec City, but then flip Moncton and Halifax from logical progression, then 38 in Winnipeg, 39 in Calgary, and wind up with 41 in Vancouver.

 

[FJAG]

slightly off topic but anyone know why theres no 40 Brigade?

On topic, I get the whole geography thing, but if the Army and by extension the CAF want the ARes to be self sufficient and capable of training it self we need to be larger then we are. We are one of the few armies in the world who had a reserve force smaller then the regular force. If we want individual augmentation fine s be it, but if you want a steady flow of augmentees, especially for DOMOPS, etc The ARes establishment needs to be expanded to full strength for every unit. This would likely triple or quadruple the ARes available man power and instructors to allow for training and courses to be run without robbing peter to pay paul, and achieving mission tasks.

Okay.

I'm going to take a stab at it. I think the answer comes from the reserve brigade structures during WW2. There's a very good tracing of these formations and Militia Districts at this page.

If you look down the page to the district lists as of 3 Sep 1939 you'll see 11 Militia Districts (1 - 13 with 8 and 9 missing) and the listing of infantry and cavalry brigades. Note in particular the fact that MD 12 is in Regina and MD 13 is at Chauvin/Calgary.

Now look down slightly to the restructure to "Wartime Reserve Brigades 1942-46" Note here that the 11 Militia Districts get renamed to 12 (Reserve) Brigade Groups. Note that MD 6 forms two brigade groups. Note they are numbered from 31 to 42 (Reserve) Brigade Group inclusive. Note that No 40 (R)BG (formerly MD 12) is the one in Regina while 38 (R)BG (formerly MD 10) is the one in Winnipeg and that 41 (R)BG (formerly MD 13) is in Alberta.

In the most recent renaming round, when the MDs were renumbered to CBGs, I think they were generally realigned with the old wartime (Reserve) Brigade Group numbers. Since Saskatchewan's bde (the old 40 (R)BG) was amalgamated with the Manitoba one (the old 38 (R)BG) only one brigade group number was needed and 38 CBG it was while 40 was dropped. Meanwhile, the Alberta units went back to their old wartime number 41 for 41 CBG.

Note that the number 42 also disappeared. 42 (R)BG was created at the same time as 36 (R)BG. Both brigades had belonged to MD 6 from Nova Scotia. Nova Scotia is now merely one brigade numbered 36 CBG while the number 42 was dropped.

I've only spot checked a few of the other CBGs and they seem to generally align with the old (R)BG numbers.