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

[brihard]

Alternatively we advertise how much of a good ally and friend we have been, withdraw support and make it very clear their actions and words have consequences.

Clearly the Americans have taken offence that the only two countries who retaliated against their tariffs were us and China. That is a point of pride for me. It doesn’t seem to matter if you stand up or lay down to them, they are going to treat you horribly either way.

I don’t know enough about international cooperation in aerial firefighting… Do ‘we’ send help in the sense that Canadian federal or provincial governments benevolently dispatch their own water bomber fleets to fires in the U.S.? Or are Canadian water bombers in the States privately owned and simply hopping on a contract? I want to be confident about what we’re claiming credit for and if there’s actually credit there to be claimed.

 

[Eaglelord17]

I don’t know enough about international cooperation in aerial firefighting… Do ‘we’ send help in the sense that Canadian federal or provincial governments benevolently dispatch their own water bomber fleets to fires in the U.S.? Or are Canadian water bombers in the States privately owned and simply hopping on a contract? I want to be confident about what we’re claiming credit for and if there’s actually credit there to be claimed.

They request for the help and pay the salaries, travel, etc. of the firefighters/equipment provided. Vice versa if we request and they come to Canada. These are government resources not private enterprises.

 

[brihard]

They request for the help and pay the salaries, travel, etc. of the firefighters/equipment provided. Vice versa if we request and they come to Canada. These are government resources not private enterprises.

So we’re sending government resources but on full cost recovery?

 

[Eaglelord17]

So we’re sending government resources but on full cost recovery?

More or less, seems like there is a daily rate they calculate somehow. Reminds me a bit of the Hessians except it is applied both ways.

 

[brihard]

More or less, seems like there is a daily rate they calculate somehow. Reminds me a bit of the Hessians except it is applied both ways.

Thanks for that. Sounds a bit more transactional than benevolent on our part if we’re renting out idle capacity when we don’t need it.

 

[PPCLI Guy]

So we’re sending government resources but on full cost recovery?

Unlike say....the bill the Provinces never pay when they call out the CAF