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We already did that. By allowing males to have long hair. Because hair length makes 0 difference on effectiveness. Contrary to you, I deployed in combat with women fighter pilots with long hair. And it had 0 impact on their ability to effectively do their job.

Long hair allows women to adopt a universally accepted societal norm, resulting in feeling accepted and included in their life outside the military, leading to increased morale and retention. If you knew me, you’d know I have about 0 emotion in my decision making. I am pretty sure that no...

So, you’re basing your opinion on no verifiable fact? It’s not about perks, but about rights and freedoms. If there is no objective facts support having long hair reducing the standard then it is not an issue. I don’t need to provide an advantage to having long hair, you have to prove it has...

Standard is subjective but it should be obvious that someone performs at a lower standard than someone else. Are you saying that in your time in Afghanistan (the only shooting war of the recent past we can use as a stake) that you never operated with long-haired women and short-haired women?

That wasn’t the question. Did they perform to a lower standard? It has nothing to do with the maintenance of the hair.

The policy allows commanders to restrict grooming standards for operational reasons. Did women with long hair perform at lower standards than those other women with short hair in Afghanistan? Yes, we need a single standard for all. That standard is not short hair for everyone. The environment...

How many tanks can we bring per C-17 chock? How long does it take to get sealift across the ocean? I don’t see us ever deploying heavy armour fast enough and in big enough numbers to be relevant. I’ll also argue that if we need rapid deployment of assets, so do our allies and it won’t be...

Unpopular question: Given you deficiency in lift capability, why do we need a heavy armoured capability in Canada? If we can’t deploy it in sufficient numbers in a timely fashion, why do we need to maintain that capability?

The CAF reallocates that money already.

Well, it isn’t that cut and dry as they are also dependant of their spouse, who are eligible per 1.4.1. I interpret 1.2.2 as you can’t participate under your own plan. "1.4.1 A member's dependant is eligible to participate in the Plan provided the dependant is legally married to the member or...

How are families and child rearing portrayed in a negative light in our society? What needs to be fixed and how? How do we transform the economy to allow single income families to be sustainable? Any second and third order effects on other spheres of the economy?

Don’t bore us with generalities. It weakens your position. Be precise in your argument: what cultural and economic shift will convince people of procreating more?

We already have 18 months of paid parental leave, subsidized childcare, good benefits for each child. Even with all that, it is still difficult to get by with kids for many families. Families need two full time working parents to afford a comfortable lifestyle. Not further amount of benefits...

I flew out of Istres for a while and everything was done in French. I have also flown out of Sicily for a couple of months and there was plenty of Italian on the radio.

Yes, ATC dealing with international operations have to speak English. Typically, comms are initiated by pilots so ATC will flex to their language.

I suppose you’ve never flown in France?

I am assuming you never make any typos or misspell any words?

I have heard from a very good source that it may be a bit later to ensure the changes and their implementation are better thought out. The implementation of the last update (or lack thereof) is the reason there is a perception we need to update this policy.

Individual callsigns have a purpose and a meaning. It is a tradition that goes well beyond Canada. I respond as much to my callsign as to my first name. Using our callsign is always situation dependent. In general military settings, I’ll put my callsign in signature blocks, title slide of a...

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