Government hints at boosting Canada’s military spending

I have long said that you could fund the CAF to 4 percent of GDP, but we would still lag behind in NATO and be much the same where we are.

It's never the money, it's politics. It's procedures. It's the pork-barreling in our defence spending that makes us a paper tiger in NATO.

My only hope in all of this for the CAF and the GoC, whatever the political stripe that may be, is that it will rouse them out of the "Peace Dividend" slumber. The world has been unstable since 1945. We have used geography, proximity, and association as a Defence Policy ever since. ICBMs don't care how close to the U.S. or how far from Russia/China we are.

Don't give us a dime more, but let us spend money on defence like it matters. The fact we follow the same rules for purchasing a fighter aircraft as we do for buying office furniture for a Service Canada office is disgraceful. Don't treat defense procurement as a stimulus package for Canadian Industry. There I said it.

We spend so much money, time, and effort trying to get that money to stay in Canada; be it by awarding contracts to companies with no capability to produce items without first "retooling" and"developing the production lines", or by hamstringing perfectly competent and competitive bidders by forcing the project to be made in St. Margaret de Poutain de Champignon, QC because the ruling government either lost the seat in the election, or won it with promises.

We spend so much money and staff hours jumping through TBS regulations that are great for other departments, but are terrible for defence procurement. Some items you have to sole source, because there are technologies and capabilities no one else makes. By doing the bid process, you get companies clamoring for a project they can't deliver on, but because they tick the bright boxes on the score sheet....

I truly and honestly belief we need to split from PSPC and legislate that its not beholden to TBS, only to the PBO/PCO. The guiding principles of this new Defence Procurement department should be "Off the shelf, from somewhere else" if there isn't an industry in Canada.

BOOTFORGEN has demonstrated how well we do when we are able to actually get what we need, instead of lining the pockets of a Canadian company that got lucky.

That, but with tanks, fighters, ships, weapons systems....

 

[Czech_pivo]

Anything mentioned about retention ?

Yes, said that it has stablized and the net gain for current fiscal year is about 1,300 net gain. They did specifically call out a shortage in the Martech role.

 

[MilEME09]

The new security clearance rules will help, but it sounds like the team doing clearances is overwhelmed, the joke is it's 1 guy in Ottawa doing it and that's why it's so slow. Reality is that team probably needs more resources allocated to it.

 

[PrairieFella]

The new security clearance rules will help, but it sounds like the team doing clearances is overwhelmed, the joke is it's 1 guy in Ottawa doing it and that's why it's so slow. Reality is that team probably needs more resources allocated to it.

Unknown if true but allegedly CSIS does all secret clearances and CAF applicants are low priority for whatever reason. This is why little can be done on the CAF side without governmental orders.

 

[daftandbarmy]

The new security clearance rules will help, but it sounds like the team doing clearances is overwhelmed, the joke is it's 1 guy in Ottawa doing it and that's why it's so slow. Reality is that team probably needs more resources allocated to it.

Sounds like the management consultants might be along soon to help out

 

[MilEME09]

Unknown if true but allegedly CSIS does all secret clearances and CAF applicants are low priority for whatever reason. This is why little can be done on the CAF side without governmental orders.

I've also heard that for PR candidates CSIS and CBSA are pointing fingers at each other over who does the out of country clearance check

 

[PrairieFella]

I've also heard that for PR candidates CSIS and CBSA are pointing fingers at each other over who does the out of country clearance check

I may be in an adjacent field...it would be shit simple for CBSA or IRCC to conduct Reliability checks.

 

[Halifax Tar]

I've also heard that for PR candidates CSIS and CBSA are pointing fingers at each other over who does the out of country clearance check

I find it hard to believe we, Canada, would enact a policy change without first making sure all of our ducks were in a row and all concerned parties were onboard.

 

[Weinie]

I find it hard to believe we, Canada, would enact a policy change without first making sure all of our sucks were in a row and all concerned parties were onboard.

I See what you Did there.

 

[Halifax Tar]

I See what you Did there.

Lol not intentional

 

[MilEME09]

I find it hard to believe we, Canada, would enact a policy change without first making sure all of our ducks were in a row and all concerned parties were onboard.

Bold of you to assume we even know where our ducks are

 

[SeaKingTacco]

Bold o

Bold of you to assume we even know where our ducks are

Or what a duck even looks like…

 

[OldSolduer]

Or what a duck even looks like…

Well shortly I think we will see the ducks return...quack quack

 

[Quirky]

Liberal solution to meet the 2% target - Increase funding to the state propaganda outlet.

Liberals want to nearly double CBC funding, as an investment in 'national security'

The Liberals say we're going through tough economic times, but they still want every Canadian to pay more for their public broadcaster.

nationalpost.com

 

[Furniture]

Liberal solution to meet the 2% target - Increase funding to the state propaganda outlet.

Liberals want to nearly double CBC funding, as an investment in 'national security'

The Liberals say we're going through tough economic times, but they still want every Canadian to pay more for their public broadcaster.

nationalpost.com

Just when you think they can't get more out of touch with average Canadians, they say something dumb again.

 

[daftandbarmy]

Liberal solution to meet the 2% target - Increase funding to the state propaganda outlet.

Liberals want to nearly double CBC funding, as an investment in 'national security'

The Liberals say we're going through tough economic times, but they still want every Canadian to pay more for their public broadcaster.

nationalpost.com

Here's your sign

 

[Halifax Tar]

Just when you think they can't get more out of touch with average Canadians, they say something dumb again.

I dunno they seem to be getting more and more in touch every day if polls are to be believed.

 

[Furniture]

I dunno they seem to be getting more and more in touch every day if polls are to be believed.

I'm not confident it's that they are more in touch, rather it's more that the extremely unpopular leader is finally stepping down at some point.

We won't really know if they are actually connecting with voters until they have a leader and start trying to sell themselves.

 

[Humphrey Bogart]

I dunno they seem to be getting more and more in touch every day if polls are to be believed.

Canadians are socialists man. Team Trump down South has scared them back to their natural state.

I've come to accept that my mentality and my values are not those shared by the vast majority here. #itiswhatitis

 

[Grimey]

I dunno they seem to be getting more and more in touch every day if polls are to be believed.

It's the perpetual optimism of the average Canadian voter. After 9 years of policies that have put the country in the shitter, in year 10 the same policies with a shiny new (albeit white, anglo and middle-aged) front cover will result in a greenish golden age where everything is put to rights.

 

[Kirkhill]

FIRST READING: The most telling indicator that the Liberals remain doomed

Even if they're up in the polls, Liberal MPs are fleeing for the exits unlike any time in the last 30 years

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As of press time, 35 of the Liberals’ 153 MPs have announced their intention not to run for re-election.

That’s nearly a quarter of the caucus who have already thrown in the towel on their parliamentary career — and the list includes many of the most influential names of the Trudeau government.

Fourteen of the 35 departing Liberals are current or former cabinet ministers, including the reigning attorney general, Arif Virani.

FIRST READING: Jagmeet Singh eligible for pension today!

The pension isn't actually all that much, so it seems likely Singh has other reasons for propping up Trudeau

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So, when parliament returns will Jagmeet back the Liberals because the NDP has no war chest and is bleeding support to the Liberals from left wingers that can't stand the thought of a Tory government (regardless of who is carrying the banner), or will he vote with the Tories and pull the plug on the Liberals secure in the knowledge that he's alright Jack?