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I watched the entire thing and I was thinking "Why would George Will of all people have that much admiration for Canada?"

Is it great to see that the F-35 has taken up all the oxygen for defence procurement while the RCD and other navy programs continue to stealthy advance without the general public having a clue?

That is exactly what Fraser, St Laurent, Assiniboine, Skeena, and Margaree looked like.

Ah Op Apollo, I got heat stroke doing a go-fast interception. Wearing gear designed for North Pac/Lant waters in the Gulf of Oman in the middle of the day in August was not good for this pasty-white prairie boy.

Ohhhhhhhhhhhh Snnnnaaapppp!!!! An open pilotage!!!! SIGN ME UP!!!!!

I overheard the Occupation Advisor Stokers chatting about that very topic. As far as I can tell they will produce and deliver HT training before they stand up the specialization. If that is understandable.

Next week is a major OA brief to CRCN (SAG 3). The OA team will be visiting the coasts I think in Feb/March to inform the fleets about the implementation plan.

CBC Frontburner had a podcast this morning: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/frontburner/hatchet-buried-the-politics-of-an-alberta-energy-deal-9.6992238 Here is the letter I sent to the host and producer Jayme Poisson Your latest podcast...

There is a ton of abandoned ROW in the west as well. There is no intercity bus service on the prairies. Save for a couple of hap hazard outfits its impossible to get from Winnipeg to Calgary via bus. My dream would be able to get passenger rail up and running again. Yea its a pipe dream.

I think the current federal government knows this and wants to invest. I don’t know if the special interest groups are willing to help out.

Dedicated tracks for VIA is an imperative for HFR.

Because I couldn’t make up my mind, I waited until the last week before buying tickets to the Grey cup. By that time, tickets to fly from Ottawa to Winnipeg were crazy expensive and rare. So we decided to train to Toronto and fly from there. The experience was actually pretty good because we...

When I look at pictures of sailors and officers wearing the old cap I get a chuckle because of how small the old ones were. These ones are significantly more comfortable and better looking.

TBH I had read Wesley's substack before I posted. But I had questions popping up in my mind while watching the movie!