JoeDyrt57

General Dynamics! A real Canadian company! /s

Canada is on fire but it’s not petroleum, it’s our forests actually burning up.

For the non-British among us, Draughts (drafts) is a boxed game also known as Checkers.

For goodness sake, whatever you do, don’t give over the CAF pay system to Phoenix!

If only there was a way to make politicians beholden to the electorate, instead of special interest groups with money.

Can NASA sell or delegate control of Chandra to a university or non-US agency like ESA?

https://www.canada.ca/en/department-national-defence/news/2023/12/canada-acquiring-remotely-piloted-aircraft-systems-for-the-canadian-armed-forces.html

As a former RCAF maintainer, with procurement experience, these vague statements of ‘concern’ lead me to believe that the Snowbirds won’t last 3 more years. The end of an era is coming.

The Minister just wants to “get them a better plane”. But F18s don’t really make sense to operate just for airshows when F35s are coming. I feel that jets are so costly, and so few, that the days of dedicating more than one airframe to demonstration of just not gonna fly.

Unfortunately, The Honorable Leader of HM Official Opposition Mr Polievre is quite likely to sleepwalk into a job as Canada’s next Prime Minister. The current PM is so reviled by Canadians (according to polls - a type of lie know as Statistics), it seems possible that no one in the Liberal Party will be successful in the next election. I’m ashamed to say it’s a good time to be an ex-pat.

Well said. He definitely gave Canada a good name. He truly seemed to give every role his best effort. He will be remembered fondly.

I say “Yes”. There has to be oversight of the security apparatus, someone who can say “No, that is NOT a reasonable security classification.” Otherwise, only platitudes will come out of that black box of intelligence. Remember, they work for the elected government, not the other way round. Having said that, I am certain that SOME secrets are never disclosed to the higher ups.