No more LDA for certain Military Police Detachments

[SeanNewman]

That is a poor argument -- because our generation has to have bigger houses, cars, tv's, etc, is the only reason that "we" are spending 10% more than what we make.

I don't think our generation needs those things anymore than previous generations.  Nothing requires a soccer mom to have a $60,000 SUV to bring her one kid to soccer practice.

And I have already stated that we are very well-paid as-is. 

You are absolutely correct that a lot of people need financial advice, but that is of epidemic proportions in NA and not just military-wide. 

I hate to say this, but luckily the government is protecting "us" from our own stupidity by tightening mortgage rules to not allow people to buy things they can't afford.  Sadly if left to our own devices the common Canadian will debt themselves into bankruptcy or at minimum spend half their income on interest.

 

[Strike]

I don't think our generation needs those things anymore than previous generations.  Nothing requires a soccer mom to have a $60,000 SUV to bring her one kid to soccer practice.

Okay.  Perhaps I should have put quotes around "has," as in, "our generation "has" to have bigger houses, cars, tv's, etc."  I didn't mean that society has to have these things in a literal sense.

It is because of this "need" to out-do the Jones' that people keep buying bigger and more expensive.  I'm sorry, but if some MP comes along and starts winging about being out a few hundred bucks a month when they are driving an Escalade and living in a 350+ house I will have no sympathy what so ever.  (Not saying that anyone is. Just saying that I will be right annoyd if they do.)

 

[MP 811]

6491 1 MILITARY POLICE UNIT DETACHMENT WINNIPEG

Didnt know the det at Winnipeg fell under 1MPU?......is this the reserve plt?

 

[SeanNewman]

You're asking the wrong person, my friend.  All I did was a direct copy/paste of the DND website that shows who is entitled to all allowances and who isn't (not just LDA, but Sea Pay, Para allowance, etc).

 

[lawandorder]

The platoon in Winnipeg is the Reserve Platoon. 

 

[Fishbone Jones]

The platoon in Winnipeg is the Reserve Platoon.

I wasn't aware any Reserve units were allowed LDA anyway.

 

[Nfld Sapper]

I wasn't aware any Reserve units were allowed LDA anyway.

AFAIK we are entitled to CLDA......

 

[MP 811]

I wasn't aware any Reserve units were allowed LDA anyway.

Neither did I.

 

[Dissident]

We were getting LDA for days spent in the field (week ends), which was just clawed back on this paycheck.

Going down the list I see all the reserve field platoon from 15 MP Coy UICs, including mine. Winnipeg, Calgary, Vancouver. Interestingly, HQ does not seem to be on that list.

 

[lawandorder]

The reserve MP units melded at different times depending on to the area in to one unit.  A "Total Force" concept.  The 3 reserve units in LFCA fall under the same CoC as the Regular Force.  For LFCA it was 2MPU.  2MPU was given LDA so that meant any Class B within that Org got it.  I'd assume it was the same for 1MPU and 5MPU.

Now just those MP's employed in Edmonton, Val Cartier, and Petawawa will be granted the LDA as the belief is that there is so much back and forth between the Detachments and Platoon.  Probably for the best.

 

[Greymatters]

It is because of this "need" to out-do the Jones' that people keep buying bigger and more expensive.  I'm sorry, but if some MP comes along and starts winging about being out a few hundred bucks a month when they are driving an Escalade and living in a 350+ house I will have no sympathy what so ever.  (Not saying that anyone is. Just saying that I will be right annoyd if they do.)

Its more of a warped sense of what is needed versus what they actually need; like a husband/wife/1child combo thinking they need a 3000 sqft four bedroom-three bath house.  No sense of reality +no financial common sense +financial organizations providing advice that benefits them and not the consumer. 

If you complete twenty years of service, you should also have a house thats paid for.  Most military members who retire dont.  Repeating the previous comment, your house payments should be based on your base salary, not the amount the bank is willing to loan you based on your annual income.  And once youve got that loan, dont go out and buy one or two high-end vehicles.  Its a common mistake not only for military memebrs but for a large number of average Canadians. 

Back to the issue, is the loss of LDA really a big issue?  Have that many MPs taken it as something they deserve rather than a perk that could go away at any time?

 

[Strike]

Back to the issue, is the loss of LDA really a big issue?  Have that many MPs taken it as something they deserve rather than a perk tjhat could go away at any time?

If their reaction to this thread is any indication, they're all probably not going to worry about it too much.

 

[MP 811]

+1 Strike, personally, I could care less about LDA.

 

[lawandorder]

I saw it as bonus and put most of it away.  I haven't heard anyone truly complain yet.