Army Guy

No, i'm not,this is the message your sending in my opinion....Most of what any government does is shaped by public opinion, because they want to extend their time in office, this is basic politics 101, and for decades our military has not even been in the top 10 concerns for the public let alone the governments... So yes the public owns a good share of the blame here for past government actions. and then there is the lack of any action from the public, about the current status of the military, or it's treatment of the vets...i find it hilarious that the public can find time to support Palestinian terrorists, or regimes like Iran, with protests, stand ins, but can't find the time to support any of our security apparatus which does more for this nation than any other group in Canada for what seems like an ungrateful people... Not sure what you think can be done by the military public has participation in any unauthorized political event or any protest can end up with career ending results and military charges with a monetary value. as for Vets or retired military personal, they do have a voice and have used it for decades you just have not heard it perhaps due to your lack of interest. The fact that the media has saturated the news market with our militaries condition and still people are not concerned or don't care.

Your under the opinion that this is the military fault they did this to themselves....an organization that is subservient to the federal government. It has no choice to obey the government wishes and commands, that's how this democracy works...not doing so would mean a military overthrow of the government , thats not happening... I have no more power or position than you do, making change here in Canada requires millions...and while millions of Canadians do want a properly funded military they lack the will to take action...But i will tell you this, if carney even goes through with just small portion of his plan, people are watching , vets are watching, members are watching thats a shit ton of voters....that will change their vote to see more attention spent on our nation...

Carneys announcements are the closest the military has been to getting additional funding, in the last 40 years....during that time the government has promised to make drastic changes, and in the end failed....the military has been used as a cash cow to fund other things....Do i hope things change, yes i do, I'm hopeful more than i've ever been in the last 40 years.... I've already told you that procurement and the military will not be able to spend any large influxes of money unless the remove the miles of red tape place upon procurement as a whole on both side PWSG and military, thats going to take years to fix and implement...then there is the governmental side that needs to be changed, removal of red tape designed to stop spending... Military is already planning to spending on existing and new infra structure like in the 3 northern bases that were promised in everyone's campaign, bases have already planed spending to improve infrastructure, like CFB trentons latest upgrades...Military will not be able to control what the government classifies as military spending to upgrade infra structure elsewhere...and 1.5 percent spread over the nation is not all that much 30 to 35 bil... No one is talking about destroying the economy, just you this will take place over the next 10 years, and we may never get to 3.5 % spent on the military, you make it sound like we have a long history of living up to our agreements...and with every change of government these plans will change smaller or bigger....like i said before the world does not depend on Canada, it's reputation is not very good...and we don't keep our word...Which over the long run i'm not sure why your upset... Canada has reached the point where they need to do Major spending on our military, you may not like it but that is going to happen, The US demands it,our allieds demand it for the most part Canadians demand it, we are about to spend 90 bil over the next 40 years on F-35, gods know what we are going to spend on new frigates but it will be eye watering....looking at new subs with a price tag of over 150 bil....all taken out over 10 -20 years out of the military budget...and we have not wrecked any economy....shit our frigates cost 7 plus bil a piece to keep our economy going...while the British built an aircraft carrier for that price.... our military is teetering on collapsing...it has cut capability after capability off just to survive, Navy is having problems crewing the latest new ships,and are really struggling to man the new supply ship...Canadians don't want a job in the military,because there is no future in it....and when it does collapse we are going to see just what a huge hole is left behind....and at what cost Canadians will pay for not having a military... Canadians don't deserve a military and the people that serve in it...it is disappointing to sign up to serve only to later find out Canadians for the most part don't give a rats ass about you...i can see the disdain in your words, "how dare they ask for anything"....and it is not just you, i've heard the same words the same tone from thousands of Canadians while i served....hence my signature block...

Thats what they said about Vimy or juno, it can't be done it has been tried over and over again....and somehow it did happen....

Perhaps, or maybe so are you.... No this is not why the military gets nothing, the reason it gets nothing is becasue of governments and people with your mind set your attitude.......but what you forget is regardless of how you fund our military, what type of equipment we give them, our government and Canadians will happily send them into a conflict...these are Canadians, wtf is wrong with this country when we can not even be bother to give them half decent equipment, training, etc etc... You seem to be of the opinion this is Citizens of Canada against the military....and it is not these people who serve do so without complaint they know that Canadians don't give a rats ass about them...and that pi$$es off canadians when to hear regardless of what they do , or fund to them they will always have Canada's back...i ask the question why not fund them ? As for what i'm talking about , i've seen up close and personal what the lack of funding looks like in the military, I've gone through an iltis jeep after it hit an IED looking for enough human remains to make it legal body....while everyone else in AFGHANISTAN WAS DRIVING MRAPs...and Canadians were driving around in open air jeeps...for me this topic is personal...for you this is about dollars and cents...and how it can't be done.... if you know who is going to be in office and what the outcome is why are you worried what anyone says....your positive it will never happen, then so be it, i've already express that to you...and while i'm retired , i have a son and daughter in the military....and again i'm invested in any positive outcome for our military.... I guess we will have to see ....I'd like to know what your background is and what background you base your opinions on this topic....for the most part i do agree with alot of what you have said in other topics....with the exception of this topic...you have nothing invested in it...and like most Canadians have something against our military, and what they provide this country... you can call it whatever you want, but crying for this country is long done.......i call it drawing attention to the topic, or pointing out just how sad it is when a nation can not or will not defend itself...if it had not been for my son and daughter joining the military, it would not bother me in the least what you and others do to the military... I've had to deal with people like you my entire military career...grin and bear it...it is what most military members do...and eventually they will stop being so patriotic,for king or country, and their focus will be for their bothers' and sisters on the left and right of them...everything else will be shoved to the side...nothing else will matter...they will give you as much attention as you give them, Yes military people see what this country gives them, everyday....Thats the way Canadians wanted it to be....thats not what soldiers wanted thats what regular Canadians wanted... Not sure why you think the way you do....but i've seen young men and women, draped with our nations flag loaded up in hercs, because our nation was to cheap to give us the proper equipment...and it has influenced me and shaped my own opinions on this nation....young men and women who pledged unlimited liability to defend this nation regardless of how they treated us...who all they asked for was to to be properly equipped so they can return to their families...and if i read your messaging right, that is to much to ask for....i know that would make me proud and more patriotic.... I may know jack shit about how this nations finances work, but at some point of time the military will lose to many capabilities, that i do know, it will become unable to do the simplest task...by then it will be to late... this is not a pi$$ing contest with me and you...this is about military lives, and how they are valued in this nation...they are not looking for a parade or a medal, they are looking for Canadians to have their backs, to know that one day their sacrifices will mean something...

Sure, it is much easier for Canadians to bury their sons and daughters than pay for them to have modern equipment...Not sure why that bothers you so much that finally we are taking our military seriously, i mean the men and women take defending this nation very seriously......I really don't understand your frustration with the idea of finally kitting our our military... The fact we have been doing the exact thing you suggest for over 40 years is really telling for me anyways...Members in the military have asked for generations support us properly or shut er down...this death by a thousand cuts is prolong torture... Being elected to office does not mean you now live the life of riley, get cater to at every turn....it means doing what is best for the country, be it popular or unpopular...they have the responsibility to ensure we regular Canadians are protected...not that hard of a task.... now after 40 years of neglect it is time to fix it...after 40 years it is going to have a huge cost behind that... not that he is an expert at anything, but he and many others seem to think this is possible.

Just saying if there is a will we as a nation can accomplish anything, like vimy ridge, Juno beach, telephone communications, it is easy to say it can't be done,things never get done that way... Manitoba is and wants to expand on that port ,climate change may or may not change that environment where the port can only be used a few months...but expanding the port will expand that city, bring more resources to it...and it gives our nation another port in which to export our products, not just oil and gas, but anything...

Not as fast as the liberals want it, the 20 % ev production is not a well thought out policy, it's got the wacky old environment gibault all over it ....and as for the fines, for missing that goal...they will pass that on to the consumer, who we have already discussed just are not going to pay for that crap...and if they move production to the US, well donald wins, thousands of jobs lost, we pay more for a car/truck, and we are further behind... comparing our grid to theirs is a non starter, our grid is not going to be able to handle the increased demand....getting the provinces to agree on just lifting inter provincial tariffs is not gaining much traction, and getting an energy corridor is mission impossible, nobody wants to play on a team, they want to play for their province...It all boils down to this we need to be united if any of this is going to work...and this is Canada and we don't do that well, unless it is hockey...

You seem to think that all of this needs to be done today...we have until 2035, and we still do not know what is going to happen after trump leaves office, there is to many questions that need to be answered, before our nation needs to get to 5 %....There is thousands of things that need to be done before we spend any new funding, none of that is being done... between now and then our economy is going to grow, something you may or may not have taken into account. bottom dollar, is we as a nation are living beyond our means...for decades we have been adding to our debt, covid sent it into over drive and nobody even blinked an eye...even when Carney announced his 90 plus bil deficit for this year alone, nobody blinked, ya a few spoke up, but for the most part crickets...until we decide to spend on the military,and now we are going into crises mode, we will wreck the economy...sound about right....i mean it is ok to starve them for decades, but don't spend any real money on them...that is the line in the sand that has been there since the korean war ended... It can be done, if there is a will, if you can't be done with cuts then raise taxes....and Carney is going to try...will he be successful who knows..."I'm" not doing anything, Carney is doing all of it, remember him the international banking and finance guru, he has put his signature down on the new NATO agreement, plus signed a new European defensive pact, which no one really knows what that is going to cost but it is not going to be cheap...MTF on that little forgotten piece... We as a nation have a long history of not living up to our signed on to obligations....frankly the world is shocked that we met our 2 % goal....our allieds already have our reputation cemented in stone, we are not reliable in any form...the world is not depending on Canada for anything, well except the palestinians and their need for condoms...or gender study programs...Everyone thinks the world loves Canada we are peaceful and polite....no world leaders know we are laggards in every way...do you think Carney or PP is going to change that, not on your life... It may be stupid, even crazy at times, i would have thought that having the liberals govern for 4 terms would be crazy, after all they done, and poof here we are, right in the middle of crazy town....home or the lagards, and liars....A large part of me have been waiting for this moment in history for 4 decades now, it is here closer than it has ever been....and i'm willing to pay extra taxes to make all of this happen....and if it does happen Carney will have my vote for life... As for the governor general bless her sole but she likes to spend money....and your preference is your choice...but the next Forrest fire or flood or whatever maybe she could drive people out of the danger areas in her car...or join August and peddle out on bikes....I understand what the office is and what it does, i pledged allegiance to her office and served it for 35 years...what i don't understand is her need to travel the globe and enjoy the life of riley on my tax dollar... Canadians have already made up their minds and elected a man that is taken action of some sort, and to be honest it is a bit refreshing...would i prefer it be conservatives Yes...any ways Carneys yet to prove anything of real value to his voters, or Canadians, that remains to be seen but for me i like what i have seen so far...considering what we have had in the last ten years... At one point Canada will have to decide what it wants a seat at the big boys table or in the nosebleed seats like we are now...our international reputation is in taters, our word means nothing, and we are pushed around like some 2 year old....our nation is one huge dumpster fire, our neighbor and biggest trade partner wants swallow us whole for our own good...our allieds just look and stare at us " thankful" it is not them with that many problems the left can't or won't see the problems... and when you point them out the take an epileptic fit and spaz out on the floor, screaming so they can't hear you... ....to them everything is fine...did i miss anything...oh ya, we all get along....as august kindly reminds all of us... Only this time i hope NATO punishes those that have not kept their words and kicks out lagard nations out of the alliance, of course that would start a landslide to include NORAD, 5 eyes, European pacts...but hey at least will have the governor general.

I think there could be many other different cuts...take the GG position and all her travels, same as MP travels, cutting back on MP benefits, dinners, unnecessary travel, "and do the same thing on the provincial level as well, as the feds are not the only ones over spent... get rid of dental care , child care, and others they are nice to have and only serve the minority of Canadians...Shit i could cut the military's budget by billions by cutting stupid projects, like spending your budget at end year or fear losing it....how about giving bonus to people that do hand in their surpluses...thats right across the board on all fed departments..foreign aid there is 29 plus bil right there, let someone else spend their money on gender studies in ghana....or providing palestinians with condoms...lets mark out those social programs that we do need like health care, programs like OAS,and CPP....cut back on programs like welfare, here in NB welfare is an entire industry, force people back top work....hunger does that to people leave welfare to those that really need it.... I don't think you can go that fast ,i'm pretty sure a large chunk of that 9 bil given this year will be returned... Military is not geared up to spend that amount now, or in a few years....The procurement departments need to be totally revamped, streamlined, gutted really and rebuilt...on both sides the Military, and on Federal procurement department....taking politics for the most part out of the buy....feds can tell the military how much money is available, military should be able to purchase what it wants, with minimum interference from other politicians or departments...believe it or not many other federal departments have a say in military procurement, take indigenous affairs for instance they have a say to see if this product can be supply by indigenous services...the entire process takes decades to complete With that said that project will take years to complete before we can even spend what we had before the extra 9 bil...yes the military's has been giving back bils for years now...becasue the current rules make it mission impossible to get things done in a timely basis. we have trashed our economy already we are like some teenager with his first job, spending way more than we earn...using multi credit cards to pay for each other...So we have some major choices that need to be made, cheaping out on our core responsibilities no longer cuts it...time to give back all those social projects we can't afford right now... lets also be very clear...5 % is not a perminate number it is to get us back in shape where the alliance can be effective...Canada is not the only nation to cash in thoise peace bonds all of europe has...

Round up everyone that voted for the left, and dumped them in Quebec......"you'll get along"....leaving all the rest of the provinces with sensible government with sensible budgets..that would be a great start...

This year alone our deficit is suppose to hit 90 plus bil....he only added 9 bil a year to defense....so we are spending 80 plus bil more than we earn....What exactly are these deep cuts....have we lost any social programs yet...which ones... raise taxes until we start running a balanced budget...it won't be long before Canadians start asking to cut social programs... And just so we are clear it is the Federals responsibility to look after and maintain all of security apparatus, to ensure canadians are protected, thats the deal ..."before" we start adding social programs...and if the PM wants to sign us on to all these big fancy defensive agreements so Canada can play with the big boys you got to be able to pay that bill....if not stay at the kiddy table...and stop acting like we are something we are not....it is really that simple... I find it funny we want our young men and women to defend the country, put their life's on the line for the nation, and other Canadians,but Canadians don't seem to be able to find the funding or time to support our military....to equip them with the proper equipment to do the job...., we should just shut it all down....one drone 2 newfies in a rowboat armed with slingshots, and an old station wagon with the roof cut off as a tank....,it's not like we really take our sovereignty seriously anyways...or we would not be in this predicament... let some other nation take it over....trump would love us to be the 51 st state.... It looks like we have created a conundrum...we don't want to pay our security bill....and we hate trump...who is going to protect us...maybe the EU...

you would have a point if there was a shortage of immigrants and refugees....but there is not...so why not take in those without a criminal record only, or maybe it is out of laziness, or immigration is not funding properly or broken like everything else in this country.. What is a serious criminal does that include terrorist, war criminals, murders, rapists....your wanting to believe our immigration system is perfect ....and yet the media has been telling Canadians for decades these type of people get through...

It never did....Carbon tax alone was not going to meet even our goals....Canadians are not serious about climate change if they have to pay...seen any major investment into power generation, upgrading of our electrical grids.. we do not produce enough power to support 20 % of all vehicles to be EV, no current rebates, manufactures have out right said they can not support the 20 % of all vehs produced to be EV's they also said it would mean moving all production out of Canada into the states...i guess that will solve all the problems won't it...want to lose votes that would be the route to go...

Don't worry about it August, they will have plenty of bikes there for you and your family...just remember stop drop and roll you'll be fine...and for the flood season buy a boat....

Do you even own a TV....Mother Russia is currently invading Ukraine...Europe is current preparing for war with Russia in 5 years times,some nations have start conscription....most of NATO has started to invest in their militaries heavily...not sure what other red flags you need...Your world is gone....and a new more violent one is taking it's place....China has already told the US it is going to take Taiwan in 5 years time...China has the largest navy on the planet right now....surpassing the US navy....

Sure it is the trans canada rail line was once a wet dream...and yet here we are....You make it sound like this is my dream, this is what the Manitoban premier and smith have been talking about, to carney about,he wanted projects this is one of them...So where talks are nobody is sure, of anything right now...certainly not you and me... Alberta and sask produce all grades of oil....including light crude...and i'm sure this facility could be expanded or upgrade to handle anything .

Man he lives in your head for free....your party won, enjoy that feeling and that experience...who cares what PP is doing or about to do....according to you our country is going in the right direction, be happy with that...instead your way to concerned with what PP is doing like he has the black death...let conservatives worry about who their leader is...your going to work yourself into a heart attack....before PP gets elected...we want you to see and hear about this great victory.... Liberal Party Has a full plate with fixing everything justin broke...lets focus on that....PP is not even in the race right now...

All the major car manufacturers have just stated in the media this week they could not meet the 20 % of all cars to be EV's set our by the liberal government , that figure is "unobtainable"...the market does not support it, consumers do not support it. And the Government has not support it....no rebates, no special tax break,not enough infrastructure in place , weak power grid,all of which has not plans to improve any of this... Nobody whom ever he is, somebody in the liberal government possibly ONLY had one plan to meet our climate change goals we had signed onto ,carbon tax on consumers and industry was it...if there was another plan please let me know i'd be interested to read about it...

Have you seen the CSIS report, on foreign interference which was reported on by globe and mail... https://thebreaker.news/opinion/david-eby-david-ding/

Not according to smith, and the media...The first pipeline to be pout through will be to churchill falls, as Manitoba wants to be a team player and gets a port out of the deal. Going through BC makes more sense, just due to the distance...but having a northern port will be an asset to the nation... No it is oil and gas they dislike, they love the money it generates,the jobs, the infrastructure...besides BC is not in charge of anything, it is the native community that has to buy in...thats who runs BC...eby is just a white figure head... She wants to promote oil and gas it is what drives our dead economy...and feeds most of her province...and many others...

You mean like the orginal trade deal we signed....what exactly makes this one different...are there any guarantees that this one will live through trump's presidency... so getting a deal signed is only us looking to get out of some tariffs...which makes since but we don't know if any deal will make it through the week

well western oil is going to manitoba first...thats the first pipeline....The east will get plenty of pipelines in time...And if the liberals don't have the balls to just drive a pipeline through Quebec then the conservatives will...I did not know you can only have one pipeline per province...or you did not need the jobs, and like i said before this is a NATION building exercise to build an energy corridor across the country...why is this so hard to understand...what is wrong with two pipelines...three pipelines...it creates jobs and income...what about those things don't you like...

No but ebys is going to do what his province wants him to do....THE entire point of these projects is to create an energy corridor for the entire "nation"....to boast our nations' GDP by geting our resources to market...not just BC but the entire nation........and it sounds like BC does not want to play.... which is fine but don't be surpised when BC projects don't get approved either ....me personally think the whole idea was more than canada could handle, good idea,but we do not know how to play on one team....we have proven over and over we can not get major projects done, it is mission impossible...and with everyone pandering for the same funding it is going to be cut throat...