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I'm not so sure this is a government position as much as a CAF one generated by the down-the-road retiring of the 105mm C3 as a gun capable of doing live fire.Bumped with MSM's version out yesterday ....
Howitzers to fall silent when avalanche control deal in Rogers Pass ends in 2027
ROGERS PASS — The military has decided to end its role in avalanche control along a major British Columbia transportation route that has seen it fire artillery shells to set off slides in Rogers Pass for more than 60 years.www.sootoday.com
... and this from the Team Blue info-machine
MLAs call on federal government to ensure ongoing avalanche control in Rogers Pass - Creston Valley Advance
‘The economic importance of this corridor cannot be understated…’crestonvalleyadvance.ca
Protect Rogers Pass - Conservative Party of Canada
Ottawa, ON – Today, Dane Lloyd, Conservative Shadow Minister for Emergency Preparedness and Community Resilience and Mel Arnold, Associate Shadow Minister for Fisheries, released the following statement calling on the Liberal government to ensure the continued safety of Rogers Pass in British...www.conservative.ca
This reminds me of a sign-off by the deputy commander of the army on a staff paper around 2010 or so that basically retired the 105mm calibre systems from the army's inventory. It was reversed by the commander within a very short period of time.
We're once again looking at retiring the 105mm's live fire capability (not it's saluting role) from the army's inventory as SPs and HIMARS and STA and UAVs/LMs come on line. This is simply staff planning to ensure that some small residual requirement doesn't clog up the system.
My guess is that neither the minister nor his staff were apprised of this action before it happened or, if notified, were not properly briefed on the complexity of the problem being created for Parks Canada.
