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Just so some are aware, the Canadian Military Senior Officers also get "bonus" pay. All senior public servants in every department get annual bonus pay based on self established professional targets, and goals.

All major crown purchases takes years and years. After specs are written and vetted, and request for proposals are issued and the required amendments to the RFP's based on return comments and issues and then actual call for contracts and all bids come in and all bids evaluated and then the winning bid sent to the various departments of interest then the issuance of the contract and then and only then can production start. Then a delivery scheduled is proposed and debated and approved eventually, years later we may get something that may already out of date. The sad thing is that after all the fingers in the pie, the horse the military wanted came out looking like a camel.

Not sure what anything you say has anything to do with the topic statement that "the top 20% of Canadians pay more than the remaining 80% of Canadians in income taxes, federal and provincial." Not sure what you mean by "THEY HAVE ALREADY BEEN CAUGHT ILLEGALLY INTERFERING WITH THE RICH!" By the way, if you are implying the rich hide money and do not pay all their taxes, well, so can you. You just need the wherewithal to do it. Also, if the rich hid as much as they could and still pay 80% of all taxes collected, well, that is even more interesting.

Taxing the rich is what everyone is whining about. To find out the top 20% already pay 80% of all the federal and provincial income taxes already has to open some eyes.

I am not sure what you are trying to decipher from the statement. It seems very clear to me. Michael, I am pretty sure the top 20% includes the top 1%? LOL

The "but" is to correct the assumption that the "rich" pay not taxes. It also goes on saying by making them pay an additional 5 to 10% will increase the government coffers the same is proven to be wrong. Asr you somehow thinking that taxation has some sort of "ethical" standard? While I disagree with much of cdnfox positions on things, his post above is full of lines that I have used often and is very realistic. What you want and get form government is what you pay them to give back to you. And, while many on these forums are obsessed with how much CEO's and corporate members make, the fact is that they pay 80% of all income taxes in Canada. So, the rich pay for the rest of us to get what we want.

I thought you said the only time you ever saw him is when you walked past his room in NDMC and all you did was nod to him? "he wasn't completely unaware, he didn't know who I was, he just stared at me with a vacant look in his eyes I wasn't expecting to see him, I just walked past an open room and glanced in then after a couple steps, I thought, holy f*ck that was Matchee so then I looked back in and he stared at me so I just nodded involuntarily in the face of him and he nodded back without any real recognition "

Never once claimed the abuse of a POW order was not illegal. As a matter of fact, I insisted it was. I questioned his many posts trying to justify or deflect to superiors or excuse that they were ordered. Yes, they may have been ordered to abuse but again, my contention was that what this one squad did was an action by only one of the groups that got the same order. If the orders were given, then it was given to all yet only one committed torture, murder and took trophy photos. My disagreement with dougie is not the regiment or the military but that one particular group of men. The down sizing of the military was for all members, not just soldiers. The Air Force lost valuable technicians as well and it created all sorts of problems for the aircraft maintenance community. DND wanted older members near retirement to quit when in fact, younger techs all bailed out and went to work for airlines. What we had left, was very young techs and old snr NCO's. The only thing somewhat good was there were lots of promotions to fill vacancies which bottle necked promotions for many years. In the Air Force, MCpl appointments were to fill first level supervisory positions, to be crew or shop leaders etc and were made on Base or Squadron levels and followed up by official message from Career Managers. (meaning no merit board selection process as per other promotions) I also will never question a soldiers loyalty to a regiment. Like Americans, once a Marine, Hoo Rah, always a Marine. My loyalty is and will always be to SAR as opposed to fighter or transport or Tac Hel squadrons.

Incorrect, there was more than one squad operating in theatre. Only one tortured and murdered. This was a rogue operation , crime and group. Nothing systemic, just one bunch of over eager bullies. Rough them up is not an order to torture and murder. I can comment on your posts and comments and a report, an action or anything else. You do it so well when you don't know what acronyms or even the situation is. I am sure there are many many acronyms that you do not know regarding Navy or Air Force and even Army issues, situations, specifics. Do not play a silly game here. You are wrong in to your defence of Matchee and his ilk. So, what is ISCC? and as an appointed lower rank, what authority doe it give him? Why do you need so many posts to address one subject??? If you know so much, how come you don't know that "3.08 – MASTER CORPORAL APPOINTMENT (1) The Chief of the Defence Staff or such officer as he may designate may appoint a corporal as a master corporal. (2) The rank of a master corporal remains that of corporal. (3) Master corporals have seniority among themselves in their order of seniority as corporals." "The rank, formally an appointment as a senior corporal, gives the MCpl authority over all privates and corporals. As such, a MCpl is a first level supervisor who will be assessed on his/her ability to manage and develop subordinates." So, click your heels at that LOL The rank, formally an appointment as a senior corporal, gives the MCpl authority over all privates and corporals. As such, a MCpl is a first level supervisor who will be assessed on his/her ability to manage and develop subordinates."

Even she is bailing out of his circle. My friends in government have said this has been coming for years.

Bottom line is ministers, deputy ministers etc pensions are much higher than MP's pension so, why not share the wealth amongst the followers?.

I stand by "My point is that government making social media pay for what people are re posting and what news media are actually paying social media for to supposedly help Canadian media is wrong. " comment. When people re-post, that is not social media fault or doing. When news organizations pay social media to be on and advertise on their sites, that is not the social media fault or doing. If advertisers drop off the newspapers and tv news, perhaps the tv and papers need to look at why they are losing advertisers. I used to get the Ottawa Citizen and Sun, for different perspective but now they both belong to one owner and other than the change of headline, the stories are identical. Oh and they are fewer and fewer pages as well. So, I quit them both. These are decisions, personal and business that they made and made me make. Now the media is saying it is losing business because advertisers are jumping off them and something should be done, the government decided to make social media pay for what people and news organizations are doing is wrong. No other way to place it. Our newspapers and tv news is pitiful compared to the US and the US has the same issues with social media as we do.

My point is that government making social media pay for what people are re posting and what news media are actually paying social media for to supposedly help Canadian media is wrong. That social media cutting off Canadian news sources as a result is fine by me. If you want local and national news, go to their websites. Facebook is one social media source, not a monopoly but more like Bell and Rogers....just one, a big one yes but one of. Can't remember what I was trying to say in #4 except that if we wanted Canadian news, we could be buying subscriptions for the newspapers and watching local tv news instead of whining about its biases and misinformation.

Most of those shuffled out are going to "retire". They did their time for life long pension. I suspect some of the new ones will lose in the elections will also get a pension, but as a minister, not a peon. This whole charade is only to reward the faithful

While you have a good point, I cannot fully blame the teachers. They are given a curriculum and directed to teach that. Curriculum are Provincial governments driven and provincial governments are driven by voters. The public wants certain things and vote in the folks that give them that. The direction that everyone seemed to want is university driven. Higher academic education guarantees you a better life. Well, after a few decades of that mantra, it turns out we have lots of designers of lifestyle but no maintainers of that lifestyle. We now have lots of highly educated people that cannot fix a running toilet and we have fewer and fewer plumbers. There was a joke floating around a few years back, it went "what do you say to an engine? Answer - A big macs and a coke please". Point is, we let out drive for education lead us to a situation now where the higher paid people are tradesmen. And when you need one, you are on a list. And because of the shortage of them, it takes longer to build a house and costs way more then it used to.....driving up our costs of living. It will take some tome to revert our colleges back to technical schools if and only if they can. Tradesmen need to be taught by tradesmen but taking them off the jobs to teach will only exasperate the tradespeople shortage.

The side that claims he is not responsible for his actions. No, your claim of the order is incorrect. The regiment was ordered to "take prisoners and abuse " as per your take on it, not to "torture and murder and take trophy photos of the dead prisoner". I did not see, read or hear of anyone disobeying a CO's order to perform a mission, only that "torture and murder and taking photographic evidence" was not an order, by anyone higher in the chain of command. His comrades in the criminal action took their punishment, he chose to try and end his life. Perhapos it was him that gave the order?? I do not know Army acronyms so do not know what ISSC is. A trade specific qualification can and is given to those that pass the requirements. Also, I earlier mentioned promotion to Master Corporal, I amplify this knowing that a Master Corporal is an appointment, not a promotion. Anyway, your attempt at defending or justifying is wrong. Back to topic of buying equipment for the Military. At least something is being done.

I cannot fully agree. Whenever we have "more control and care by the government.", especially of the free press, it cannot be "free", it is another government agency. Therefore, social media should be punished for what users are doing (or not doing)? Canadian media pays Meta and Google to be on their system and government now says social media should pay Canadian news organizations because they are on there on their own accord or because users link to Canadian news sources? Monopolies always have serious effects regardless in what business it is in. And, why would we (whomever "we" is) from buying our news organizations? We sell them everything else LOL

No, "the group" was his squad not the entire Airborne Regiment. I have flown members of the airborne around many many times and can unequivocally say they are the most disciplined troops I have ever been in contact with. Rogue elements caused their demise. Incorrect again, the direction was to ""rough the prisoners up"" (as per your posts as opposed to what direction was actually given) and not anywhere near "torture and murder and take trophy photos". You spend far too much time defending a horrific wrong and embarrassment to Canada, Canadian Regiments and Canadian soldiers. There is no defence for what they did.

Nope, they expect you keyboard warriors to seek out your news from other sources and not from Meta and Google et al. The sources can be from whomever suits your story, so does not have to be Canadian.

He still was part of the group that captured and tortured a person to death. A willing member of that group. Do not defend or make excuses and yes, that is what you are doing. You do get promoted in any army regiment after the automatic promotion to corporal. Sheer attrition gets you promoted even if you are not what soldiers need to be. If you don't get at least one promotion, you are really bad. No sympathy for him.

"We" found out? Or another opinion story? So, you are OK with CBC and CTV being cut off social media? But not others? Bottom line, I truly hope Meta and Google at al cut off any Canadian news sources from using them and paying them. Want to share news, well, ya cannot do it on social media anymore so, that is good too. Let social media become social media again instead of a political tool.

The torture was conducted and "Tied up and blindfolded in a holding area, the teenager was beaten and tortured for hours — punched and kicked, the soles of his feet burned with a cigarillo and his shins struck with a metal bar. Arone pleaded for the soldiers to stop, crying, “Canada, Canada, Canada.” Bruised and bleeding, he was dead by the morning. Much of his suffering was photographed by his abusers, including paratroopers Master-Cpl. Clayton Matchee and Private Kyle Brown. " from your own cut and paste. No "chain of command" person was there and when "chain of command "granted permission for thieves to be captured and abused" and I am certain it was not to torture a person as described in your cut and paste. Abuse is a looong way from torture. You do seem to take Matchees side on this?? I hope you do not think he is or was a good soldier.

Fact us Trudeau bailed out the main line media after intense pressure and lobbying by the media. Boo Hoo they cried about losing advertising dollars to social media... we will have to lay off people they decried... so Trudeau gave them hundreds of millions of dollars ($600 million plus) and then laid off many workers anyway. So, the media kept up with intense pressure to do something to prevent social media from posting news, to prevent you from re-posting news on social media and passed a law. Now, social media told government what it was going to do if it was forced to pay the media companies and is doing it. Right on social media, screw them and do not pay for something people, and even the media itself was using you for. Remember that while the media was whining, it was itself paying social media to use their platforms. Now they want social media to pay them for their use of the platforms??? What hypocrisy of the news media and they sucked Trudeau into it. Hopefully ahe meant it as sarcastic...

I do not have to support anything I am not in favour of or like. I choose who and what I support. Those, big or little, that are encouraged to do as they wish and regret what they did is not need of support, they should suffer the consequences of their action. If enough see that what they did maybe others that have "mental illness" will see that they should re-think their present desires.

Find a Canadian news website instead of Facebook... too easy. Canadian news media...y'all claimed it to be fake news now y'all whining it is of facebook?? Kinda ironic isn't it? Freedom of the press that is being subsidized by your tax dollars??? Because you are using facebook and social media instead of subscribing to their newspapers and not watching the news because you claim is is too biased and fake? Kinda sounds like you made the problem and now are whining because the exact services you were using are cutting you out?