Topaz Posted May 5, 2010 Report Posted May 5, 2010 I have a feeling that this is fabrication. Cite please... This may or may not answer your question but also remember when the numbers down down the welfare cases go up, which they are now. http://thetyee.ca/News/2010/02/12/EIRunningOut/ Quote
yarg Posted May 5, 2010 Report Posted May 5, 2010 Good. National defence trumps professional feminists... Not in this Canada unfortunately, but there are signs that the pendulum is on the back swing. Quote
Topaz Posted May 5, 2010 Report Posted May 5, 2010 It's not the person that produces the wealth, it's the job. Sure, there will be a host of effects. Let's talk about some other ones: Expensive workers taken off the payroll and replaced with more efficient workers. Fewer payouts by company health plans. More advancement in the middle, more hiring at the bottom. Fewer workers working in dead industries such as manufacturing. In other words, future workers and present, will get screw by companies once again, only hitting them in benefits and soon workers become slaves. Quote
punked Posted May 5, 2010 Report Posted May 5, 2010 Good. National defence trumps professional feminists... Only if enough Canadians agree with you. Quote
Michael Hardner Posted May 5, 2010 Report Posted May 5, 2010 In other words, future workers and present, will get screw by companies once again, only hitting them in benefits and soon workers become slaves. Rise to the challenge. People are focusing on the sad fate of Joe Lunchbox - discarded by society after building tractors his whole life for the Glory of the Glowing Hearts. Nobody is talking about the thousands of Flash designers, home renovations or countless other new economy folks who are thriving. As for the Boomers, they're just going to be replaced by those who are less spry, and who sampled less of the doob in their youth - therefore sharper. The productivity gains will be astounding. Quote Click to learn why Climate Change is caused by HUMANS Michael Hardner
M.Dancer Posted May 5, 2010 Report Posted May 5, 2010 Only if enough Canadians agree with you. Yeah....this is the face that launched a thousand ships... Feminist Quote RIGHT of SOME, LEFT of OTHERS If it is a choice between them and us, I choose us
ironstone Posted May 6, 2010 Report Posted May 6, 2010 We spend 20 billion a year on the Military seems like finding 2 billion there should not be hard. Done and done. I suggest turning Sheila Fraser loose on the whole government and give her more authority.It doesn't seem to matter what party is in power,there is an enormous amount of waste and corruption within the government. We wouldn't be in this mess now if there were any leaders,past or present, with enough backbone to make tough,correct decisions regarding spending priorities.It's called "living within our means". Quote "Socialism in general has a record of failure so blatant that only an intellectual could ignore or evade it." Thomas Sowell
Smallc Posted May 6, 2010 Report Posted May 6, 2010 I suggest turning Sheila Fraser loose on the whole government and give her more authority.It doesn't seem to matter what party is in power,there is an enormous amount of waste and corruption within the government. Proof to go along with an accusation is always nice. I'm not seeing any proof. Quote
fellowtraveller Posted May 6, 2010 Report Posted May 6, 2010 Yes. They're strong because they're taking this over from us. Hence.... dead. What is our future then ? Explain. Taking over from us? Do you mean Canada? Canada has never been much of an exporter of manufactured goods, so we cannot lose what we never had. Japan, Germany, US have been exporting powerhouses for a long time, and the most affected is the US recently, the others remain major players. You can add Brazil to the list of emerging manufacturing powers. Our future is our past: exporters of raw materials and energy. Quote The government should do something.
fellowtraveller Posted May 6, 2010 Report Posted May 6, 2010 Only if enough Canadians agree with you. Note that NDP support remains eternally at 15%. Quote The government should do something.
Army Guy Posted May 6, 2010 Report Posted May 6, 2010 And assuming we do not recruit or replace worn out equipment or continue to fund rebuilding programmes. Moris has a valid piont here, DND is still trying to save money internally for some of it's new veh replacement programs, and has all but closed the books on some of it's other projects.... The Cons have done wonders for the military overall, but perhaps we should not lose sight of the big picture...The cons decided on 70k reg force member troop ceiling because our infra structure could not sustain any more... it was not the number required to do the job. it was just the maximum we could jam into existing infra structure...And while the Infantry trade may be sitting flush right here and now, it won't be that way in say 6 months time do to the high turn over rate... right now there is critical shortages in support trades for instance the Veh tech trade is under manned by some 50 %, one trade out of many....so while the Military has concentrated on combat arms trades for the last 5 years or so...they are flush not over bourne as some would think...and this has come at a cost alot of trades are under manned....some by over 50% or half of what is required...so overall i'd say recruiting is not do very well in fact not even a good job.... Replacing worn out and battle damaged vehs...The Government has decided to spend some 4.5 bil on new or rebuild veh programs...All very nice, the CCV is state of the art, the new patrol vehs very nice, and the LAV III will be rebuilt to improved standards...already the draw back is being felt here, as numbers to be purchased are adjusted and programs being tweaked...LAV III are being rebuilt...not built...meaning units across Canada right now are operating on only 1/2 to a 1/3 of thier allotment of prime movers for combat arms troops.... these old tired vehs will be rebuilt...and the same numbers sent back out to units...this become a major problem for units training to go oversea's ...because we don't send 1/2 or a 1/3 of those units over....we send them all, so 3 or 4 units pool thier vehs ...those same vehs that used to get maintained daily... now are moving from one unit to another being driven hard, until they explode....then piece mealed back together and sent back out again....over and over...a rebuild will be very nice, as it will reset the entire veh fleet back to 0 some what....but not for long.... what is needed is a purchase of more numbers , expanding the fleet so that a normal maint and useage program can take place... Quote We, the willing, led by the unknowing, are doing the impossible for the ungrateful. We have now done so much for so long with so little, we are now capable of doing anything with nothing.
Michael Hardner Posted May 6, 2010 Report Posted May 6, 2010 Taking over from us? Do you mean Canada? Canada has never been much of an exporter of manufactured goods, so we cannot lose what we never had. Ok. Well, then is it possible we're importing manufactured goods from them ? And... I still see a lot more services than I remember having around in the past. Financial services, software, entertainment all seem to me to be increasing. You seem to have knowledge of these things, so I shall ask you rather than Sir Google. Quote Click to learn why Climate Change is caused by HUMANS Michael Hardner
Argus Posted May 6, 2010 Report Posted May 6, 2010 Bah...it's the useless funding that should be eliminated...I hear they have cut about 400 k from feminist advocacy groups who are too lame assed to raise their own money, and too dense to provide proper accounting of how they spent it... Apparently the feds are funding some 400 other such feminist groups. I think I know where we can save a lot of money. Quote "A liberal is someone who claims to be open to all points of view — and then is surprised and offended to find there are other points of view.” William F Buckley
Smallc Posted May 6, 2010 Report Posted May 6, 2010 Our future is our past: exporters of raw materials and energy. That is what Canada has always been, and it has allowed us to become very successful. Quote
punked Posted May 6, 2010 Report Posted May 6, 2010 Note that NDP support remains eternally at 15%. The Liberals cut military spending the first times do you remember the 90s? Quote
fellowtraveller Posted May 7, 2010 Report Posted May 7, 2010 The Liberals cut military spending the first times do you remember the 90s? I do remember the 90s, but I have trouble recalling the Liberals. Quote The government should do something.
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