Liberal (Minority/Majority) Government 2025 - ???

[YZT580]

I wonder what the actual message is on this one? What precisely is this in response to?

guessing but the notion that we might shop elsewhere rather than in Washington for our defense procurements could be a major factor.

 

[MilEME09]

I wonder what the actual message is on this one? What precisely is this in response to?

Maybe they got wind of some procurement projects not going to US companies?

 

[brihard]

They’re still getting a more than healthy share of our defence dolllars, but if they still want to tantrum over that, fine, whatever.

 

[PPCLI Guy]

I wonder what the actual message is on this one? What precisely is this in response to?

I was an attendee at / member of that Board a few times in my career. It was a unique construct that had a tendency to be periodically ignored / undervalued by both sides, and was often performative. Nonetheless, these kinds of linkages can go a long way to lubricating the gears of binational relations, and so it is sad to see it go.

As to why? This seems aligned with American Isolationism as a trend / ne policy thrust, and is in keeping with the foundational aspects of Project 2025.

I reckon NORAD will be next.

 

[GR66]

I reckon NORAD will be next.

That would be very self-defeating for the US but given the other illogical decisions made by this Administration then nothing would shock me.

 

[suffolkowner]

Perhaps Colby wants us to do more to protect Greenland

 

[MilEME09]

$5 this was another unilateral move by Colby that gets reversed

 

[RangerRay]

I was an attendee at / member of that Board a few times in my career. It was a unique construct that had a tendency to be periodically ignored / undervalued by both sides, and was often performative. Nonetheless, these kinds of linkages can go a long way to lubricating the gears of binational relations, and so it is sad to see it go.

As to why? This seems aligned with American Isolationism as a trend / ne policy thrust, and is in keeping with the foundational aspects of Project 2025.

I reckon NORAD will be next.

Wasn’t this board created either before the Second World War or before the US entered, by Roosevelt and Mackenzie-King?

 

[MilEME09]

Wasn’t this board created either before the Second World War or before the US entered, by Roosevelt and Mackenzie-King?

1940 it was created

 

[Jarnhamar]

Nonetheless, these kinds of linkages can go a long way to lubricating the gears of binational relations, and so it is sad to see it go.

I was reading discussions there lead to the Alaska Highway, Arctic radar networks, and the eventual creation of NORAD.

At this stage antics like this just look desperate.

 

[PPCLI Guy]

I was reading discussions there lead to the Alaska Highway, Arctic radar networks, and the eventual creation of NORAD.

At this stage antics like this just look desperate.

Or brilliance that CanuckCucks are willfully ignoring.....

I guess it depends on the lens in use

Edit: I do not intend this as a slag or a troll or a flame. It is simply an observation that perception is influenced by viewpoint. Where one stands depends on where one sits...

 

[HavokFour]

I dont know if any other thread would fit better. But this is a wholly a vindictive move I think for wanting to spend less on US defense companies.

https://twitter.com/x/status/2056348930078630134

Moving the goal posts again, I see.

My thoughts exactly.

 

[Lumber]

I reckon NORAD will be next.

NORAD goes...

Then they start complaining about the "unprotected northern approaches" that Canada is doing nothing about...

Then... well I'll leave my tin foil hat off for now.

 

[Jarnhamar]

Or brilliance that CanuckCucks are willfully ignoring.....

I guess it depends on the lens in use

Edit- found my answer

 

[dapaterson]

Moving the goal posts again, I see.

Modern international relations theory for the US is basically Applied Calvinball.

https://calvinandhobbes.fandom.com/wiki/Calvinball

 

[Altair]

I don't get it.

Are we supposed to be upset?

 

[Good2Golf]

NORAD goes...

Then they start complaining about the "unprotected northern approaches" that Canada is doing nothing about...

Then... well I'll leave my tin foil hat off for now.

Would pausing this advisory group play into US hands somehow? I don't see how it could beyond a soundbite for their (and our) 51st state crowd.

Makes it easier for the U.S. to claim jus ad bellum in order to take action as it sees fit to secure Canadian territory in the name of U.S. defense and security.

Jus in bello and jus post bellum are minor details that may or may not be worried about by the current administration.

 

[Haggis]

The message, as I see it, is simple. Buy American or bye bye!

 

[brihard]

Makes it easier for the U.S. to claim jus ad bellum in order to take action as it sees fit to secure Canadian territory in the name of U.S. defense and security.

Jus in bello and jus post bellum are minor details that may or may not be worried about by the current administration.

I’ll contend the current administration is minimally concerned with any of those three. It does what it wants.

 

[PPCLI Guy]

I don't get it.

Are we supposed to be upset?

It is a new factor to take into account if one is so inclined to better inform one's understanding of our most important binational relationship.

"Upset" is an emotion or mood. As Gurney Halleck once said: "What has mood to do with it? You fight when the necessity arises—no matter the mood! Mood’s a thing for cattle or making love or playing the baliset. It is not for fighting".