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1 minute ago, Dougie93 said:
because they are in Europe
but do Canadians feel threatened by the war in Europe ?
not really
what Canadians fear, is America
with good reason in fact
because ultimately, the American religion is bound to overthrow Canada
you don't have free speech
you don't have gun rights
you allow unrestricted abortion
by that alone, America should depose the Chinese Communist treasonous proxy Canadian government
Rangers, lead the way
War in Europe just means more Canadian men and women will die...being unprepared just means more of them will die sooner and quicker....
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53 minutes ago, SpankyMcFarland said:
I know nothing about this topic. Based on my own ignorance, I’d like to suggest that politicians should not make major military purchases into political issues at election time. We civilians just don’t know enough to decide which helicopters, boats or fighter aircraft should be bought. The main thing is buy SOMETHING in a timely fashion, based on the collective expertise of our military, before the older equipment becomes useless and or dangerous.
Military procurement is a mess...the military places an order in based on specs, civilians search the market that some what meets those, in other cases major companies will build something hoping to meet those specs...the people with the most influence over what is purchased is politicians..what offsets does the manufacture offer, how many canadians does it employ, can it be built in Canada, all of those over ride what DND wants...and finally what is the cheapest shit available...DND does not have a great track record of purchasing either, Take a look at some of the Army equipment we bought....all the good stuff was a mistake in disguise...HLVW, is a good truck, nobody could figure out why we bought it...we would later find out it placed 3 out of all the competition...sometimes everything is a good choice...
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5 hours ago, SpankyMcFarland said:
Agreed but our problems with military spending and a coherent long-term military policy precede this particular government by a fair few decades. It seems difficult to change this in a democracy unless we have an imminent military threat on our doorstep. At least Putin has managed to wake Europe up a bit.
Not only to Europe, but across DND and MDND, people have been stepping up and telling anyone that will listen, that we are in need of deep investment...Everyone already knows most of the globe has noticed our lack of participation, and have said politely hey your a loser time to step up...We are losing capability's along with the expertise in using them every year, once they are gone we will have to pay other nations to teach us the basics on all of these lost capabilities...
Lets not forget there is 1/2 a dozen or so european countries that have stepped up to a war footing, are desperately thinking conscription,and boosting their defense budgets into the 3 percent range...We are one of the few that seems to be still riding the wave to the beach....as history has shown, we have always cashed in the peace bonds hard, and paid a price when crises happens in lives...history repeats itself over and over here in canada.
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5 hours ago, BeaverFever said:
Canada “needs” to contribute to the defence of North America for political reasons Not because it’s necessary for our security but because the less we contribute to continental defence , the more USA dominates us. .
Canada has lived this very post for most of it's most of it's history and it is wrong....And it has cost the lives of thousands of Canadians...thrown into combat with little to no real training, with equipment that was not proven or sub par, just ask the crew of the sherman tank what they thought of their tanks in comparison to Germany's or the Russians...
Man has not learned to talk out it's problems, which is why violence is still a political tool...We need to defend ourselves, and par take in ALL our defensive agreements not becasue it's political but becasue it saves the lives of those men and women that are going to be sent into battle...my son and daughters, and future grand children are at risk as is yours. If we are not willing to defend ourselves, then we don't deserve our current freedoms and rights. Becasue it is nessicary maybe not at this day or week, but at some time we will need to pick up weapons and defend what is right...
Not sure why Canadians are content with having someone else pay for our defense, I'm sure American tax payers are not thrilled about picking up the tab, i know if it was reversed i'd be pissed as well....we as a people have become fat and lazy, we spend our time trying to see what we can glean off our government instead of having any pride whatsoever and stepping up...
Sometimes it is embarrassing to be Canadian.
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15 hours ago, BeaverFever said:
Yeah but NATO itself owns 17 E-3 Sentry AWACS aircraft (crewed by personnel on secondment from member nations) and has already ordered 7 of the new E-7 Wedgetails. That’s aside from what individual NATO Members might own and be able to bring to bear. AWACS is one of the few military capabilities owned by NATO alliance itself rather than member nations. UK has 7 E-3s with 3 E-7s on order. France has 4 E-3s and 2 Carrier-based E2 Hawkeyes. Turkey has ordered 4 E-7s. Sweden Italy and Greece have AWACS on Bizjet platforms (numbering 6, 2, and 4 respectively) so assuming none are pending retirement that’s at least 52 AWACS available for Europe, not sure Canadian AWACS are needed.
NATO owns a lot of military assets from cargo aircraft fleets, refueling assets, and yet most countries have invested in similar fleets.... Canada has employed Surveillance aircraft in the past modified Auro's to surval the gulf area...also northern coast lines, and to assist the army in exercises on the ground...Your assuming AWACS is only capable of tracking aircraft it's capabilities are a lot greater than that...
Just look at Afghanistan mission for a second, KAF airbase had on it well over 60 to 70 CH-147 from dozens of nations, ...plus dozens of other types of helos... one of the reasons we purchased our own fleet was availability, not to mention the host country could cancel at any time, which often happened, remember your the free loader here, and on their good will to give you a ride...many missions where then transferred to the road where peoples lives were lost...Not sure how the airforce works it air packages, but some where there is a need for AWACS, as other support aircraft.
I know what it is like to depend on another nation for support, like air support, attack helo support, we got it providing there was no US need at the time...., and look how many Canadian lives were lost due to screw ups, i would rather have had Canadian pilots providing support. That being said when US A-10 or Apaches arrived on scene, a wave of relief washed over everyone...
Canada has entered more defensive agreements than just NATO, there is NORAD, 5 EYES, and as justin has said they want to be a more active member in AUKUS...
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On 4/9/2024 at 6:12 PM, BeaverFever said:
Yeah it was too much to type but NATO has its own AWACS fleet and recently purchased the new E7s so it doesn’t make sense Canada would want its own AWACS for Europe. The only purpose that makes sense is Canadian Arctic but our facilities in the far north are sparse so not really conducive to housing B737s. Even though they said upgrading northern military infrastructure and facilities was also a priority it seems to me that permanently basing the aircraft there would be a much bigger endeavour….unless they’re only going to operate them out of Yellowknife and/or Iqaluit international airports. If the aircraft are to be based in the south where they’re not really useful, just for occasional trips north that seems like a waste. Maybe a GloalEye being somewhat smaller has better options for operations out of the FOLs in Rankin and Inuvik?
I think it is about having capabilities and what you can offer to NATO in event of a crises, cost a lot less than sending a battle group over to europe some place forever...just send a few planes Awacs or refuelers or whatever, and poof your contribution is done...... and if trump remarks were not a sign of get your act together, we should be able to defend ourselves awacs is a nice capability to have when directing fighters or other aircraft...
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3 hours ago, herbie said:
So your solution is to force poorer nations to go further into poverty because they are the bulk of the problem while we, a nation that can do nothing because you don't want to pay and we're less a part of the cause.
Once again by invoking "wealth redistribution" as some sort of Satanic Bogeyman,your free to do what ever you want with your pay check...send it to anyone you want....My paycheck is staying right here...I'll bet my next check , that you will not see any western or well off nations come up with the funding to make a difference they say will be required in 2 years...Poop here in Canada we have yet make one goal we have set to meet our international obligations, and your good with that...Save your money Humans are not interested in surviving climate change if it means going broke, Take your money buy a good whiskey and wait for the day we burn up...
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17 hours ago, August1991 said:
1. WTF? No wall, we win, the Soviet Union is no more, but we still need NATO...
2. WTF? NATO is used to confront China?
Yes there is no more wall, the sun and the moon are that much more brighter, because of it, Russia pulled back, most of the war saw pact see's democracy as more attractive...But Russia still is a combat power that can and will project military strength when ever it feels like...like in Ukraine, Syria etc...and it is not that ukraine is of some strategic importance to the globe, well to most of the world it is just another war saw pact country looking for a home...to Russia it is important, hence why the need to cleanse Nazis or what ever excuse they are using this week.
Now to Europe it represents a threat, as they don't know if putin is going to take a larger bite out of their club...anyways the Europeans are all in arms, in fact some of those countries are on a war footing as we speak, with conscription, shopping at amazon for more military equipment, and pleading to have more NATO troops in their countries...
Putin knows that NATO is like Russia a mere shell of their former self's... but still have a military capable of doing a lot of conventional damage....NATO is growing daily in strength and size...while Russia is bleeding it's resources in a conflict that really should have taken a few months....Ukraine is also bleeding out of it's people and resources...with only Europe and the US giving them aid, and only giving them just enough aid to hold them pesky ruskies at bay, not much more, as it is not in their best interests right...
for a couple reasons... Russia stops being the bad guy and how do they trick congress into buying new toys or the US has spent a lot of time and effor to get Europe into increasing their military so US could downsize...can't do that if theirs is no war...second this war gives NATO time to get rid of all it's old and mouldy equipment and ammo, plus it gets to bleed out mother Russia at the same time, 2 for the price of one, it is a deal...there is more but your really not putting much effort into these conversations...
Yes China is now the new world bad guy, it's NAVY has already larger than the US, meaning it has more ships, but lacks in certain ship types...So yes NATO and other defensive organizations have come into the picture to counter China...
On 4/9/2024 at 9:35 PM, August1991 said:Army Guy,
You ask good questions.
You seem to have no answers...and yet you have already formed your opinion...why is that ?
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On 4/8/2024 at 2:23 PM, ExFlyer said:
Defence policy update raises spending by $8B with focus on Arctic, cyber security"
Defence Minister Bill Blair unveiled Monday $7.9 billion in new spending on the Canadian Armed Forces over the next five years in a long-promised update to Canada’s defence policy, but this will still not meet the country's target under NATO.
By the end of the new five-year plan in the 2029-30 fiscal year, Canada is expected to be spending 1.76 per cent of GDP on defence, still below the NATO target of two per cent of GDP, according to the policy update document.
The government says the spending plan over the next 20 years is valued at an additional $73 billion to ensure a “ready, resilient and relevant” CAF.
What a load of BS. We all know that none of this will happen. Trudeau and his gang and that jerkoff Blair will be gone in less than 18 months.
His announcement is all after the next election so...guess what...Defence gets nothing, zero, nada....again.
If anything, this will be the standard that the conservatives need to beat in the next election, political wise it was a asume move, on the liberal side make large announcements that got global praise, liberal voters will then say see, we do like defense when it counts, they also get to kick the can over to the conservatives and make them live up to these standards they have drawn in the sand.
That being said this is not going to be an election issue, there is just to many issues for this to make it to the top...i hope the conservatives pick the ball up later and run with it...
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I'm just wondering how they are going to get 8 bil spread out over 5 years, but still mange to pay the 3.5 bil in budget cuts, over the same period...why not just say 3 bil over 5 years and be done with it...or tell every that the budget cut thing is over...
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12 hours ago, cannuck said:
I am assuming you are not an employer. Someone who doesn't want to work nobody in his right mind wants to employ - except of course for governments and heavy union places where those same totally useless tits suck on the teat for life at 5x the cost of GAI.
I get what your saying, but on the other side of the coin is why should we the tax payer have to pay these titty suckers for no work....They would be glad to work if they have no other choice to eat and pay the bills...welfare has a massive re education program that provides free education for thousands of jobs all for free...my sister was on welfare for years, she made it all into a game, and when you combine it with other programs she made more than i did in the first years of being in the army....There are always going to be people that take advantage of any program, but there needs to be some control...Some canadians need help...but here in NB there are plenty that have been on welfare or pogey for life....
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On 4/7/2024 at 9:04 PM, herbie said:On 4/7/2024 at 9:04 PM, herbie said:
Repeat: and that is a valid excuse not to even try to do our part?
The tiny part we pay vs the cries of abject poverty out the windows of our $1M homes and $60K cars.
If you were so concerned about climate change , why are you not chirping about the liberals shitty climate change plan....instead your using a page out of the liberal carbon tax book, and trying to shame people into thinking we are better off with this carbon tax in place....and why is it having little to no effect on Canada meeting it's signed and agreed climate change goals, why are emissions up not fallin, ...If it is this cheap why are we even getting a carbon rebate cheques....
22 bil in carbon taxes alone was collected last year, that does not account for the rest of the taxes, like clean fuel tax, or hst /pst taxes collected over the same period...
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On 4/6/2024 at 5:28 PM, herbie said:
"I can see conservatives supporting via basic income those who legitimately are unable to work, but i can't see them supporting those who can work but don't want to."
A totally distorted view of the social system. UBI is not at all about giving out free money, it's a method to distribute due benefits more efficiently. If you understand why and how there are 'clawbacks' on pension payments for example, you should comprehend how UBI works.
If you actually think you can exist comfortably on welfare you're simply not bright or motivated enough to be hired by anyone. You 'qualify' by default. But you still pay rent to a landlord, buy clothes goods and groceries to exist and contribute back i and aren't the "drain on the economy" some holier-than-thou types seem to think. Nothing changes other than you get one cheque instead of umpteen from umpteen agencies with their own bureaucracy.
It would also hinder the political vote buying with carbon tax, GST, grocery, hydro and pandemic rebates.The maritimes are king of duping the welfare system, people are more creative than you give them credit for, here in NB there are entire families that are on welfare and have been for decades, and they are making out like bandits, living in low income housing with new cars or trucks in the drive, and haven't worked a day in their lives...come check day the fast food joints are filled with the welfare recipients, along with the beer stores... why get a job when the government will pay you to stay at home, and drink beer...thats their moto...taking advantage of the system is a science here, and business is booming, same as collecting pogy, it is all a scam for those that have learned to use the system...
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10 hours ago, ExFlyer said:
I can not find any evidence of "more the 1/2 the price is taxes".
This is from Aug 2023. It does nto include the recent 3.3 cent carbon tax increase.
"The CTF’s Gas Tax Honesty Report shows that taxes make up 32 per cent of the pump price in Ontario, which works out to about 52 cents per litre. " https://www.taxpayer.com/newsroom/news-release-hidden-gas-taxes-drive-up-pump-prices-in-ontario-report
The governments (feds and provincial) have always taxed the begeezus out of gasoline. What we are talking about is the 3 cents per litre that was added on April 1.
I , like you and the rest of Canada are very much anti carbon tax.
Your right , my bad i read my source wrong it equals 53 Cents per liter, not more than 50 %.
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On 4/5/2024 at 7:26 PM, ExFlyer said:
I think that taxes on gasoline have always been more than 35%
For sure, carbon taxes have added but, gas has been a huge tax grab for thr provinces and the feds forever.
https://torontosun.com/news/provincial/a-breakdown-of-where-the-money-goes-when-gas-prices-soar
I get that, today more than 1/2 the price is taxes, no longer at 35 % but more like 50% or more...lets not forget the other new taxes, like clean fuel taxes, etc...
The government said it collected 22 bil in carbon taxes, lets not forget pst, HST on all of that...what a waste of time and effort, when we look at the results...
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8 hours ago, herbie said:
Paying a carbon tax didn't make climate change go away.
Repeating it over and over with as many voices as possible doesn't make that an intelligent rebuttal.
It does show others the Dunning-Kruger effect is very real.
You keep mouthing the same story over and over again...Show us where the liberals climate change policies have made a difference in attaining our climate change goals...Even eyeball will tell you it is a failure.....Why is it that our emissions are climbing not shrinking...
The liberals plan is not working as advertised, in fact it has failed on so many levels...why are you not chirping about it's failures,becasue your like most on the left, and are satisfied that there is even a fake carbon price in place, it makes you sleep at night...when in reality it does very little and fails in every category, laid out by our international agreements...
You sir are part of the problem , and only conclusion that could come of your actions is you don't really believe in climate change except to come on here and chirp...don't worry you fit in with most Canadians you like to point fingers but don't want to put in the work or pay for it...all today's policies do is punish those that can not afford it...
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On 4/6/2024 at 12:43 AM, August1991 said:
Disagree.
Russians (mixed with Marxist/Communism nonsense) possibly posed a problem for the world in the past.
Nowadays, Reagan won. The Berlin Wall is no more.
We no longer need NATO.
You can disagree, but i'm not sure anyone here will agree with you, maybe you can convince some of us with some hard evidence. But in the real world is telling a much different story...the only that seems to agree with you is justin, not really a guy of any knowledge on the topic...Explain what the world is going to do without NATO.
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On 4/6/2024 at 12:30 AM, August1991 said:
Disagree strongly. The Russians/Soviets do not pose a threat.
In 1991, America/Reagan won.
Based on what evidence, it seems the military chain of command of NATO are more than convinced that Russia still remains a treat, a few NATO countries have or started to think about conscription, Sweden's alert stages are above the Normal NATO levels due to Russian threats and actions. Perhaps the only person in the world that thinks the Russians are done and no longer a threat, which is why i'm curious what do you know that NATO experts don't?
Just becasue the wall came down changed nothing, Russia pulled back, most of their allieds became ours , but Russia is still a threat...don't let Ukraine cloud you judgement...
NATO is also being used to confront China, the alliance has expanded and is not just in Europe any more, it is in the middle east, And pacific...
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3 hours ago, ExFlyer said:
They have a plan, not exactly right after he was elected leader though.
The document does state we will also have a carbon tax but caps it at $50 per ton. ...no rebates ($170 per ton for industry). And the rest of the plan are just talking points and no action points. A lot about what we should do but barely nothing about what he will do.
I am not disagreeing with anything you say about the liberal mismanagement.
Not the same plan , but rather O tooles plan, PP has his own i posted it here a long while ago, and can't find it any more, i guess we'll have to wait and see what his new plan entails.
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27 minutes ago, ExFlyer said:
I was very recently in Los Angeles. Regular gas was $5.77 USD per gallon in Venice Beach. That is about $2.06 CAD per litre.
We are not gullible, we are being forced and directed. We do not have a choice. Even our Premiers that are against it have no way out or alternative.
Our emissions have increased with every government in power. We have not lived up to any of the protoicols and promises we have signed up to...be they Liberal or Conservative governments. We, Canada is a failure.
I agree with your take on this. Where I do disagree a bit is, if your sons pet gopher can come up with a better plan, please coax him into it.
Seems even PP cannot come up with anything better.
Yes, we do need an election but, are you certain some things will not remain the same?
Well California is broken, see BC on steroids'...Maines gas price per liter, per US dollar is 1,01...not quite double our price but very close...https://www.globalpetrolprices.com/USA/Maine/gasoline_prices/
We have all kinds of choices, i remember that female murder in BC sent to a native healing prison, remember the uproar from across the country, it was not long before she was sent back to regular prison...That was done because the people spoke and stepped up and done something...So perhaps Gullible was not the right word, maybe lazy or don't give a F**k would be a better explanation
I agree Canada's word means nothing on the international stage, or domestically...
I've started to teach him how to type, we should have the first goffer climate change plan in 2030 if he lives that long...
PP has a climate plan he produced right after he won the party vote. it was one his platform, Is it better, i think so, but then again Justins standard is not that hard to beat...lets not forget how gullible Canadians are, even climate barbie said it in a drunken bar speech to her comrades, " say it loud enough , often enough and canadians will believe anything"
In the last 8 plus years Justin and his team have broken a sh*t ton of stuff, more than can be fixed in one 4 year term...so yes i'm confident that there is going to be lots of stuff that go untouched...but lets not fool ourselves here, Justins standards are not that hard to beat...
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18 hours ago, Queenmandy85 said:
Good points. When you put yourself in the shoes of our future generations, it is a tiny sacrifice.
Why is it the US has it's own climate change plans that have nothing to do with setting a price on carbon ...., according to sources it is much more effective than our carbon pricing...We should compare fuel prices in the US to Canada, why is it we pay almost double for the same fuel...yes carbon pricing is 17 and a 1/2 cents a liter, with almost 50 % of the remaining price federal and provincial taxes...plus then add the HST on top of all of that...and then that cost is added to everything that is transported, which is everything...and if your electricity is produced by fuel add that to your bill, now it is not a tiny sacrifice now it is people having to decide to eat of pay rent...
why does reducing our carbon foot proint need to be so painful...why can't we follow others that plans are actually reducing carbon emissions...it is a tiny sacrifice for you...but many Canadians are struggling, you bought into the liberals lies hook line and sinker...just take a look at the results of the american plan then ours...our sacrifice is useless, we have failed at meeting our inter-national targets we have signed onto, Our emissions have increased not decreased, people are struggling to make ends meet, there are more homeless people than ever before in our history, and we have still not invested heavily on green tech to reduce carbon foot prints, considering carbon taxes rack in some 22 bil...
How gullible are Canadians, Pretty gullible...to think this is the only plan available, so i'm going to support it...my sons pet goffer could come up with a much better plan... it is time for an election...its time for Canadians to wake up...and if Canadians think the liberals/ NDP are going to solve this issue, then your in that guilliable classification.
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8 hours ago, Michael Hardner said:
Or a moral sphere that cares about such things. Ever wonder why conditions for working people are better in Scandinavia or France?
It's because they regard trickle down economics as fakery, and will crucify governments who go against working people.
They also remember things over there.
Sorry mike but i'm not following the first part of your post, what conditions do Canadian workers face that are better in France or Scandinavia.
Maybe it is becasue most Canadians really don't trust our governments to do anything of real value, that and there is not accountability except every 4 years at the polls, that and Canadians are way to busy in their own bubbles to care to much, other than to bitc* on a forum to stand up and do something that will invoke change...and when they do, we see them as the enemy....
Which is why i don't understand why the liberals are trying so hard to buy votes, when in one years time nobody is going to remember what the hell all the spending was about....what they are going to remember is how much the liberals added to the debt...
2 hours ago, Black Dog said:I mean he was a clown too.
A clown that was respected in the hockey world for decades...and was canceled for a very minor offense...
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19 minutes ago, cannuck said:
You should know better than to post this in front of a genuine capitalist pig: I can not only make them for you, but our nano-tech scientist today told me he could make really comgy blockers by powdering a regular cotton head cover (like a ski mast, but no insulation) with pure graphene.
I'll PM my Bank of Nigeria account number.
And people said we could not solve the problems of the world if we worked together........one problem at a time...now if we can get some cooperation from our two patients we should be able to go straight to the testing phase...I'm going to need some help , a van with blacked out windows, some ski masks and black coveralls, rubber gloves, and some popular conspiracy theory to lure them into the van... I knew i would like being a entrepreneur, and part of the save humanity club at the same time. Going to need venandi's help as well, maybe a an aircraft as well in case we need to get out of the country..
Budget 2024: A majority of Canadians think the Trudeau government is spending ‘too much,’ poll finds
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Cut it all in the first couple years and most Canadians won't even remember come the next election...