Liberal Minority Government 2025 - ???

[Navy_Pete]

Doesn't military pay go into operational spending/personnel spending as opposed to capital spending?

Seems weird it would be classified as weapon systems.

There was a very broad breakdown in the August change that I read at the time, and yes, SWE is O&M, but that was a part of it.

Because there is a lot of capitol funding, everything that can be is being pushed at capitol improvements, and a few years ago some accounting weenie created 'capitolized NP' as another class for any asset over $30k so created a lot of havoc on the Mat side for buying parts.

I'm glad to only be adjacent to that in my current job vice responsible for it, and really don't miss the charge in Jan/Feb to get the final budgets in (after doing it in Oct-Dec), the churn when you budgets don't get released in April, and the insanity when all of a sudden you get money in Aug/Sep/Oct and people want to push you to spend it when it takes 4-6+ months to get into contract and take delivery on an optimistic side for most equipment (with more specialized things that are made to order taking several years).

 

[QV]

Is it possible that Carney masqueraded as a climate zealot all these years only to wedge his way into leadership of the modern Liberal Party where he would then shake off the zealotry and steer the party back from the radical left?

 

[brihard]

Doesn't military pay go into operational spending/personnel spending as opposed to capital spending?

Seems weird it would be classified as weapon systems.

Government operational expenditures count towards GDP. It’s not just capital purchases. Wages are part of GDP whether you work private sector or public.

 

[Lumber]

Is it possible that Carney masqueraded as a climate zealot all these years only to wedge his way into leadership of the modern Liberal Party where he would then shake off the zealotry and steer the party back from the radical left?

Yes. It's also possible he was never a "Zealot" and just appreciates we need to be better stewards of the environment but who's number one priority is the prosperity of Canada.