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My counterpoint to the low traffic volumes is that lots of traffic goes south because 11 and 17 are so bad for RVs in the summer, and prone to closures due to accidents. If one or both were twinned it would allow more traffic to stay in Canada, and and prevent the lengthy closures due to accidents.

The point of diversifying beyond the USA is to make us less susceptible to any one market, whether that market be the EU, China, America, or Zambia. The point isn't to eliminate trade with America, just lessen our current dependence on them. Lets suppose I eat beef 90% of the time, and...

Are they floundering, or simply keeping their powder dry? Why give more things away for the LPC to steal before the writ drops? They are sitting even with a government that has had a very recent bump in popularity, based on changing leaders and implementing CPC ideas. The PLC can lose their...

I wonder if it was an intentional play to seem like PP, by pushing back against a CBC reporter. The LPC have stolen every other popular idea the CPC had, maybe they are stealing this one too...

He would certainly be in the know... I apparently missed that bit.

The CRCN seems confident that we can rent/build civilian ships to be floating pick-ups, hence the desire for a small warship rather than a direct MCDV replacement. Think in terms of a ship that can go do counter piracy/smuggling ops in places like the Gulf of Aiden/Gulf of Oman. I think the...

I believe the CRCN or someone else senior already clarified that the CMMC will not have a flight deck/hangar for helo ops.

Full time critical staff will continue to not be in the CAF until pay and benefits get better. With my training and experience, my counterparts in ECCC make about 25-50% more... I'm just one of the specialist skills that the CAF is short, and trying to recruit. Maybe we don't need to pay...

To be fair, most CAF members don't understand the system either. I've seen many medal racks that are dubious at best... As a CPO 2 I point them out, but as a CPO 2 I only have so much influence.

I love that you keep the pedantic points alive. You're correct, if not on the official list it needs to be gazetted. Just like the other two medals after his CD...

depends on the medal, if it's not one recognized by our honours system it should be after the CD.

I was in that townhall meeting at CFINTCOM... The bosses were trying their best to make the shitty situation work. The fact the CCWO frankly addressed the issue was a far better response than other commands were giving at the time. Pay and overall CoL considerations matter a lot. Cool kit...

I think you're mostly right, but I think the pay thing is far more import than many of the more senior posters around here understand. If you already own a place, the current housing market isn't a real problem, but if you are starting out, and have to pay $2100/month for a one bedroom...

As the second largest nation on earth, I think we can find room for 70' long aircraft... 😉

I'd love to see a LPC that didn't consider me worse than actual criminals, but that may be asking for too much.

What I find amusing is all the calls for the CPC to launch a full platform with no election called, particularly when the LPC keep stealing CPC ideas to to boost their polling. If the poll slip for the LPC again, I can see them considering a common sense firearms act... Anything to hold power.

Sounds like a lot of rationalizing... The LPC folks saying they oppose the carbon tax today were the ones 12 months ago defending it, saying PP and the CPC hated the environment... You can't square that because a new PM was anointed by a watery tart lobbing a scimitar at him... The LPC have...

The smart play is to stick to the purchases we have already planned, but migrate away from American systems in the future. Regardless of how good the kit is, continuing to support the defence industry of the nation threatening to annex your country is a dumb idea. Compared to America, Canada...

America is in it's Edwardian era... But unlike the empire, America is intentionally accelerating it's demise.

I'm considering wearing white the first and last days they're authorized, regardless of the actual weather on those days.