Army Guy

no the sources were there i gave them in response to flyer....and if i'm wrong then prove it, instead of chirping ... https://www.desjardins.com/nb/en/savings-investment/economic-studies/canada-defence-gdp-6-march-2026.html Every government has a plan very few actually put it into action....when it comes to the military both government have poor records....but the liberals have been full of promises and have delivered on very few....if we go by history the military will not spend all the carney money, it was to much to late in the year....I bet it won't go over 1.75 % of GDP...for 2025....seeing how it was 1.37 percent of GDP in 2024.... And to your answer your question, if they turn their plans into action , i would consider it....but i 've waited 40 plus years for some action by any government to take action and it has not happened yet...Besides i don't rally think they have a choice at this point in time...the world is getting crazier every day.... You won't have to wait long the fiscal year ends on march 31 st....

Actually the fiscal year ends on march 31 st ....and starts on Apr 1 st, Military will receive new budgets normally by start of may....That means all products must have been received, bills paid by midnight on the 31 st march

1. yes they are promising money left right and center....but until a contract is signed and checks written that money is only ear marked, not spent....Any government can promise to spend money, much like our housing initiative, with only 9 homes built to date, hard to claim that promise is fulfilled, or all money spent...big difference on promising and writing a contract for services or equipment which takes years, at best.... the Military is not the only department that has a say in military contracts....many jump on board or have a say....and it takes time to clear all of them... 2. your right the numbers are not in, but we have yet to see all these signed contracts, DND has a long history of NOT being able to spend it's current budget let alone act fast enough to spend an additional 9 plus bil...which half of that went to pay, and bonus... second DND has been asked to come up with over 7 bil of savings over the next 4 years....where do you think this money is coming from ? 3. Like i have said before the Military has extremely hard times to spend it's current budget...and for decades it has turned in bils of unspent tax dollars, the military has different budget envelopes, one is operational day to day stuff like unit budgets, like fuel, rations, pay, etc....the next one is equipment ( I THINK flyer CAN EXPLAIN BETTER) meaning equipment is the smallest envelope...operational budgets ie units of these organizations have until march 31 to spend their budgets...that's where the wastes comes in, if you do not spend your total budget your next budget will be smaller....not uncommon for units to purchase stupid stuff, like 2 or 3 years worth of toilet paper, or photo copier paper, and after the rush is down, anything left in these budgets is returned to the feds....the largest amount these units can spend is 25, K per purchase...anything over needs to go to PWSG so hard to get rid of large sums of money and it adds up to bils of unspent funds.....So with all this going on the system would melt down if given say another 9 bil of un planned money to get rid off, big money means big projects and they take years to spend... 4. regardless of whom owns that media source, the way the military spends money has been decades old...it is slow and full of rules that hinder expenditures instead of foster them....one could fill a huge book on the waste and ineffectiveness of the government procurement system...Flyer has talked at great length about it as he was directly involved, I've only had a spectator seat... 5. when it comes down to i would bet my next pension check on Canada failing the next percentage of GDP spent....

Look dog nuts, You having an issue with following the conversations which is a you problem, reread my post it's really not that complicated.... , My post had nothing to do with we have spent in the past, every Canadian knows that Canada has been a lagard in defense spending.......what the lie is this Carney gave the military an extra 9. something bil to push them over the 2 % of GDP....DND will never even spend what they were originally given, let alone the bulk of that 9 plus bil.....There simple not enough time... Here comes the tricky part, you ready, you actually need to spend that money for it to count....against the 2 % of GDP....that is not going to happen, DND has given back bils each and every year back to the federal government , which either went back to government coffers, or was going to be banked for other future purchases....either way it is not counted as spent until it is, If you don't spend it it does not count there for we have not lived uop to our promise, and carney over stated his promise.... ....I gave you a source that i thought was self explanatory...guess i was wrong.... I pointed out regardless of how much Carney gives the military they won't be able to spend all of it, your projection of spending 2.01 % of GDP is false...The government may have allotted that money, but DND has not spent it....

Here is the Key word 'SPENDING" and our military has never "spent" all of its given budget in decades, it is either given back to the government coffers or put aside for future equipment purchases either way it is not spent I guess the liberals did not read the small print........all government branches have until march 31 to spend their budgets or return them to the government...Its not some government secret on how it works

You of all people should have known that the Military would not be able to spend the additional 9.3 bil allotted to make it to 2 % of GDP, That's not how procurement works...Carney could have given 2 trillion in defense spending and end up returning a lions share of that, because they were unable to spend it... Military has never been able to spend its current budget in the last couple decades due to the way procurement is designed in this country....You need to Spend it in order for it to count, returning it to government coffers or have it counted against a future spend, also does not count.... https://www.desjardins.com/qc/en/savings-investment/economic-studies/canada-defence-gdp-6-march-2026.html And more to the point DND has been asked to cut expenses over the next 5 years in many areas, in order to save 7 bil... So are we going to make our 2% mark, no we are going to fall short, because you need that funding to be spent to count...the Liberals know that , you know that, this is liberal excuses to make them look good....and to keep trump happy...

blame me, it is what liberals do point fingers...., you have not even answered one of my questions, , you continue to, scream into the mike like some mad man....because that is part of the liberal hand book...Personally i really don't care whom you claimed to vote for, your responses , your posts all reflect liberal values or the lack off.... I want to point out once again it is these very liberal values that have brought Canada to the space we are in now....So you'll have to excuse me for not jumping on board with liberal thought processes as they don't really work, in fact if you wanted to write a book on how to destroy a nation in a decade it would have a picture of the present day liberal government and throw in Justin picture in there as well...

Perhaps your not talking sense, your a liberal and therefore incapable of listening....we also did trade with Russia and other unlikeable countries and yet somehow we don't today....not because of some conservative values, it was because time after time they proven to be a hostile nation...I've asked you a million times what does China produce that we absolutely can not get from other nations....And it is not now we are all having moral values epiphanies, Carney knows it is going to be tough to distance ourselves from the US, and now he is forced to deal with nations that do not respect us as a nation, nor do they care what we do or think...it has not stopped them from killing Canadians...but that we can see past because it is all about trade right......As for trump has he killed Canadians yet ? all he had done is scared the crap out of liberals...

I know it is hard for you to wrap your mind around, because it is not in the liberal hand book...It is normal practice for liberal posters when they start losing the script to attack , i get it you have nothing left in the tank, or can't grasp the topic at hand, because Carney not told you what to think yet...

Absolutely, you have failed to add anything of substance to your augment except keep repeating we have dealt with them for decades and we will deal with them forever....things like moral values are no longer a liberal talking points anything that goes against the liberal talking points is crying to liberals...Conservatives see the destruction the liberal government has left in its wake, and they are tired of all of it, Liberal voters refuse to see any of that destruction, when it slaps them in the face every morning....

Hey gear down a few gears, i'm on your side i don't want to trade anything with China, drop 100, add 200 to the left and fire for effect, that would be the liberals........It has nothing to do with cameras or GPS, it's about enriching China a known threat to our national security....

So we should have no problem buying black market oil, or LNG from Russia ....or dealing with Iran, or any number of broken countries, who have no morals or values...with Carney jetting around the globe 30 bil...should be a piece of cake...the 130 bil is what we purchase from China.....of which any of it could be replaced... What is it that we so desperately need from China....that we can't get any where else....And stop the business man aspect, they will chase down the next cheapest product available...it is what keeps them in business and lets be honest here China only imports 30 bil worth of Canadian product, and your implying that 30 bil can not be replace anywhere in the world....we could do that just in OIl and gas.... Yes my affliction for trump is what brought us to this very place....But in reality it is the liberal voter that brought us to this very moment....yes, folks...you voted in this mess three times in a row, and somehow Carney is going to fix it with the same clowns that gave it to us in the very first place....Explain what he has done....and then how Carney has come up with a solution for these things... You can't even diversify China trade, according to you......how are you going to handle our largest trading partner, worth trillions....it is mission imposable....instead of driving a wedge into our economy we should be strengthening it with most US trade...cutting hostile countries off completely... So we are better prepared, that's what we said when China did all there tariffs years ago, we need to diversify for the next time......what got done....well same thing that always gets done, lots of talk, augments, debates, studies, and poof, it happens again and we are talking about the same stuff only different country...once again we will talk about it, debate it, study it, and when everyone forgets why we are doing it, we will have accomplished nothing...You liberals make it sound like we are constantly under attack by the US government ....you guys always need a bad man to fear, to hate, to keep you up at night....that group is the liberal party....fear them...they have done more damage to this country than any other identity in our entire history, which is rich because we had two world wars and two huge peace making conflicts....

what is it that Chretien said...the proof is the proof...does it matter, who he really is....Justin played black face 3 times and no one seemed to mind, and he was as gay as they come....and liberal voters still turned out in record numbers....come on its 2026 baby...

No, thats not what i said...."LIBERAL" is what i printed...the NDP today is one huge bag of hammers, they are way past left wing and into i'm legally insane left wing even other left wingers think they are insane.........almost as twisted as the Green party, ....which only proves in Canada if you have money you can be as crazy as you want to be, and still get other crazies to vote for you....which might explain why there is so many left wing parties... Sorry i don't do the bite thing....I can shoot you in the face, kick you in the nuts, stab you in the eye with a pencil, and i do give out the occasional hug when warranted , but i don't do bite thing....that's a lefty thing....

Nobody is disputing that they are the second largest trading partner...one that represents "only 3.9" % of our total trade.....Is that what we are calling it today, political bias....that we are trading with a country that has executed Canadians, taken Canadians hostage, applied crippling tariffs when ever they felt like, ben caught red handed influencing our elections....and India well they out right killed a Canadian on Canadian soil, among a lot of other things....and your best descriptor is political bias....OK then.... I mean this open us up to trade with others like Russia, Iran, maybe Afghanistan amongst other countries that have questionable back grounds....i mean it is trade and money talks to liberals...If and when we open up our resources and start selling them on the open market yes, it would be worth more than what we glean form your communist comrade...That and as you said Carney is a banker he can do anything if he puts his mind to it.... Sure it is, i mean that's what the lefty does when they don't have anything else to say, they attack ....I support the conservative party because of what the liberal party has done to Canada to date...US made it very clear all the things that wanted to change....and Canada has said no or made a half ass attempt to cover off some of them....The US wants a reliable defense partner, trade partner, one that treats both nations with respect.....Canada does not want any of that....they THINK we don't need the US....all that trump has done is highlighted our weaknesses to which for some reason is to much for leftist Canadians to wrap their minds around...so in liberal fashion they scream and kick their feet....pretending their are the victims... once CUSMA talks start we and the world will see Carney straight up for what he is...hard to judge a guy with only a year in office with nothing to really show for it....except put on the travel miles....

And in this case 3 separate times...the experts have spoken....and no one is listening. the entire process should be redone, skip the military testing and evaluations and go straight to public opinion...

You can twist the numbers anyway you want, it still represents only 3.9 % of our trade....and this could be made up fairly easy by other trading partners... So they are a small amount of our economy...which sits at almost 2.4 trillion US wants Canada to be a reliable partner in everything we deal with the US....and by forcing us to be reliable we have got our asses up, and dug our heals in...Trump is doing what is best for his country and you guys are painting him and his actions as the enemy....And instead of taking his issues with our country seriously we whine and cry about them, turn those issues into weapons for political gain....even power...

Actually Government sets out a wide variety of policies that steer companies and how they do trade...Ie if Canada decided to place tariffs on all Chinese products, making them cost comparable or higher with other world producers, i think you'd find Canadian businesses would find other markets... They are going to go where the they can make a profit...end of story...That's not the liberal message, that's being put out, that's not why we are relooking at military contracts with the US, that's not why we are looking at the European markets, the are actively pushing the US away...And in Canada we are cheerleading this message, and the US hears it loud and clear....and it is not sitting well for any trade talks...and CUSMA is going to look a lot different...

The reality is this China and India have proven to be very unreliable partners in anything....those are facts given to us by our own intel agency....along with plenty of other experts in trade, and economics....Having dealt with them in the past means nothing ....people have been jumping off bridges for centuries does that mean they are safe...one does not have anything to do with the other...It does however show us where your moral values are, except when it comes to the US , then your nose blind....Here is another fact we depend on the US for 80 plus % of our trade.....and China is only 3.9 %....lets alienate the largest trading partner and suck up to the smallest...because that is the liberal thing to do....good thing he ios a banker...

When has political debate ever brought back pilots alive to their families, never.......There are thousands of examples that clearly show politics or political debates have no business picking out military equipment, they are rarely right......And the Average Canadian knows jack sh!t about military equipment... or political debates...

This has been Canada 's way for decades....it is how procurement goes with tons of different agencies that have nothing to do with defense of the nation have a say in what equipment is purchase...But wait, it does not end there....the Canadian public has been brain washed in to thinking the grippen is by far the best plane, because they have been and are subject matter experts "who knew that paying taxes had so many benefits"......and those pilots that tested those planes in 3 separate completions were talking heads for Lockhart what do they know "apparently nothing", reminds me of sending my wife out to buy my power tools and her coming back with a screw driver when i asked for a cordless drill.........and now we know how the game is played what is it that we can change so that soldiers have the best equipment possible....or at least made by the second cheapest bidder...

He was the one making the accusation that it did not happen, just because he believes Carney is a god.......the burden of proof is on him...

I get it only liberals can make those accusations.... And somehow these politicians are richer after they retire, than when they went in, and on a PM salary come on...maybe they should have put everything in a blind trust on day one certain do much better... I don't think his reputation is impeccable...and his resume is not all that impressive, there are many people out there that don't agree with your assessment those that had close ties to him in his impeccable jobs... Why is he the least likeliest, because you say so...sorry...

Absolutely, could have said a lot of things....no was not one of them, that's not the people that sign up for the military, you get assigned to tuk tayuk tuk....or jail....you would not understand.... this was for the men and women on the left and right of me, no way i was going to leave them in a Lerch, no way i was going to abandoned them......I left that for the government and those that voted them in...I want you to think about something there are men and women that completed more than 8 combat tours in Afghanistan....not because they were war junkies, but because they could bring young men and women home alive....and that was all that mattered...that's why when i get a phone call from any of these guys asking for help, i don't ask questions except one, who's car are we taking....They are family...and i would risk anything for them...One vaccine, is a joke.... my needle book reads like a vaccine know how manual...even have a few experimental ones in there....including the one for covid...

Sure , what's next perhaps a major deal with Russia, Sh!!!ttt maybe Iran they are going to need a deal after all of this....think of all the contracts we could get maybe even a deal on oil.....