Justin Trudeau hints at boosting Canada’s military spending

I'll believe it when I see it.

 

[SeaKingTacco]

Think of the Staff Officers!

https://twitter.com/x/status/1776998382340276452

Just because an announcement gets made tomorrow, it does not mean it will ever get actioned.

Unless it is a cut. That gets actioned in a pico-second…

 

[dapaterson]

Just because an announcement gets made tomorrow, it does not mean it will ever get actioned.

Unless it is a cut. That gets actioned in a pico-second…

Anything announced has an overly optimistic schedule behind it, where the staff assume away all possible friction and also assume that their project will be the department's number one priority.

More fun is when someone in a cubicle makes a commitment unbeknownst to those responsible to execute said commitment, and hilarity ensues months later when those responsible are asked the status of the work they were never told about.

 

[Fabius]

Trudeau just announced another $2.4 Billion in federal spending on AI Here.

Given the significant funding announcements by the Liberals in the last few weeks, I suspect that if anything less than a fully laid out roadmap for DND to get to 2% GDP and 20% of that going into capital projects as per NATO tgts and how we will use that funding, is presented tomorrow our allies and NATO will be greatly unimpressed.

I suspect it will make a great show of the currently announced procurements, support to UKR, some gibberish about culture change, some new funding in the millions to take effect in the early 2030s and some musings about recruitment.

None of which will make our allies think we are a serious country.

 

[FJAG]

Is it merely a coincidence that a few hours after this press conference, Kingston will enter into a total solar eclipse and descend into darkness?

 

[WinnipegFella]

Is it merely a coincidence that a few hours after this press conference, Kingston will enter into a total solar eclipse?

The new defence review will unveil that we are becoming a protectorate of Cthulhu when the veil is thinnest.

 

[markppcli]

The new defence review will unveil that we are becoming a protectorate of Cthulhu when the veil is thinnest.

I’ll put my faith in dread elder gods and occultism before I put in Canadian procurement.

 

[dimsum]

I’ll put my faith in dread elder gods and occultism before I put in Canadian procurement.

Well yeah, Cthulhu doesn’t have “Elder God Treasury Board” telling them how much dread they’re allowed to spend in a given fiscal year.

 

[Brad Sallows]

Trudeau just announced another $2.4 Billion in federal spending on AI Here.

Boondoggle. We already have companies that do that kind of thing - let them decide whether "the market" can support it, or whether it looks like it'll require endless subsidy - until the original partners take it public and clean up just before the subsidies stop, and the business folds leaving shareholders holding their losses and government out another lump of cash that might as well have been put to the torch.

 

[MilEME09]

Believe nothing til the federal budget comes out

 

[FSTO]

Believe nothing til the federal budget comes out

Even though then, believe in nothing.

 

[Brad Sallows]

Even though then, believe in nothing.

Ah, the quiet balance and satisfaction of nihilism.

 

[FSTO]

Ah, the quiet balance and satisfaction of nihilism.

I’m a 32 year veteran of the CAF. This is my world view

 

[dimsum]

Ah, the quiet balance and satisfaction of nihilism.

It’s called “will my posting to Location X be randomly pulled while I’m driving there?”

 

[Brad Sallows]

It’s called “will my posting to Location X be randomly pulled while I’m driving there?”

Overcoming unexpected adversity is how we become more resilient, and cynical.

 

[markppcli]

Well yeah, Cthulhu doesn’t have “Elder God Treasury Board” telling them how much dread they’re allowed to spend in a given fiscal year.

Cthulu cares not for you regional economic benefit, only that you give your soul to the empty void (in this case not NDHQ).

 

[WinnipegFella]

Cthulu cares not for you regional economic benefit, only that you give your soul to the empty void (in this case not NDHQ).

One the other hand, Cthulhu has consistently achieved Succeeded+ on all his procurement deliverables. I hear they may make his acting position a substantive one any day now. Glad to have him on the Defence Team™!

 

[markppcli]

One the other hand, Cthulhu has consistently achieved Succeeded+ on all his procurement deliverables. I hear they may make his acting position a substantive one any day now. Glad to have him on the Defence Team™!

You see cultists suffering from possession and madness, I see subordinates inspired by a leaders vision.

 

[dapaterson]

You see cultists suffering from possession and madness, I see subordinates inspired by a leaders vision.

Ph’nglui mglw’nafh Cthulhu R’lyeh wgah’nagl fhtagn.

 

[SeaKingTacco]

Ph’nglui mglw’nafh Cthulhu R’lyeh wgah’nagl fhtagn.

Oh great…another language requirement…

 

[MilEME09]

You see cultists suffering from possession and madness, I see subordinates inspired by a leaders vision.

and yet, still less chaos then NDHQ