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What makes all this even worse is that Eby looks like an indignant high school basketball coach when he's delivering his 'call to arms'. https://www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/article/eby-responds-to-alaskan-senators-threat-to-have-cruise-ships-bypass-bc-ports/

"The first lesson of economics is scarcity: there is never enough of anything to fully satisfy all those who want it. The first lesson of politics is to disregard the first lesson of economics." - Thomas Sowell

The unofficial regimental motto: Work Hard ;) Regimental Stories - The Parachute Regiment

Although coming across like a senior bureaucrat isn't helpful for a new politician, who has never been elected before, heading into a tough election ... Canada Has a New Prime Minister With a Very Hard First Assignment Mark Carney, a central banker turned politician, steps into his role at a...

That happens when national leaders are installed by coronations and not elections ;)

Well, to be fair it was a huge, rambling, 'hippie family filled' house so that shouldn't be too difficult ;)

... especially if they lack the courage of their convictions ;)

Unhappy customers...

But the guy's four teengers? Hell yeah...

As always, the lack of a higher level vision and mission - and the right leadership with supporting resources - will tend to hamstring any meaningful amalgamation efforts in any organization. Even in the business world, mergers and amalgamations are always the most difficult operations to get...

We tried that too, as I recall, but the CFRC workload/ resource constraints, different priorities "Mil Coll is our highest priority right now" and difficulties synching schedules "You guys only work evenings and weekends?" killed it. Meanwhile, it sounds like CFRC is abandoning outreach...

It's a family feud... again, something you'd only see in a Banana republic right? ;) Rodrigo Duterte’s arrest could be telling blow in the Philippines’ dynastic feud Former president was surrendered to The Hague amid a row between his family and that of the current president Few expected...

I didn't say they were the best, I said they were the Natty Post ;)

I believe OP CONNECTION $ dried up in the late 2010s, so that's not available in the same way to support these events. IIRC that 39 CBG unit presence comes and goes depending on what the Commander of the day wants to/ can support. I recall years where we had an Airborne Platoon jump onto the...

A good Q&A session. It seems there will be no WW3, according to Michael Clarke, but further outbreaks of 'military violence' in Europe are inevitable. 'Where will we dig our toes in' against further Russian aggression? is the big question...

I think you've just nicely identified the biggest problem... since when has an Army (or any large corporation of any kind) worth its salt ever been run by 'consensus.' The Army isn't broken, Army Leadership is broken ;)

'German spies'... how many years has it been since you saw those words mentioned in the news? COVID-19 likely leaked from Wuhan lab, reports say Germany’s spies assessed Germany’s foreign intelligence service in 2020 put at 80%-90% the likelihood that the coronavirus behind the COVID-19...

They're certainly more politically polarized than ever before, whatever flavour of politics they follow, which is worrying ... Political Polarization in the American Public How Increasing Ideological Uniformity and Partisan Antipathy Affect Politics, Compromise and Everyday Life Republicans...

The Natty Post agrees with you... FIRST READING: Canadians hated Pierre Trudeau, but he left things in better shape than his son The elder Trudeau was deeply unpopular when he left office 40 years ago, but with far fewer of the crises defining his son's tenure The elder Trudeau left his...

27 out of 350... less than 10%. Terrible, but not bad given the situation... 27 hostages killed after hijacked Pakistan train rescue ends in bloodbath Nearly 350 hostages have been rescued at the end of a deadly standoff between Pakistan’s military and armed militants who hijacked a train in...