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    Public service employment has grown by 31 per cent

    Managing based on most measurements is like driving based on looking in the rear view mirror.
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    Canada moves to 2% GDP end of FY25/26 - PMMC

    A good reason to diversify our sources of supply.
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    CAN-USA Tariff Strife (split from various pol threads)

    Or... They want Quebec in Canada so they will continue to boycott travel to the US because they're terrified of Quebecois in Florida wearing Speedos.
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    High Ranking Police Folk Allegedly Behaving Badly

    Nineteen years in jail for second degree murder. Police never disclosed an interview with another suspect that at the very least could have given rise to reasonable doubt. Charges now withdrawn. I wonder if the officers who withheld the evidence will face sanctions...
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    Canada moves to 2% GDP end of FY25/26 - PMMC

    The E-7 has reliance and dependence on a manifestly unreliable nation at a time when we are trying to move away from them as a supplier. While RCAF leadership may be content to be vassals of the nation to the south...
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    CAN-USA Tariff Strife (split from various pol threads)

    They'll argue that our health standards are barriers that need to be repealed.
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    Canada moves to 2% GDP end of FY25/26 - PMMC

    A cordless drill, a garden hose, a funnel, a dowel and a couple rolls of duct tape. Done.
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    Canada moves to 2% GDP end of FY25/26 - PMMC

    To the best of my knowledge, no one has done the engineering work to retrofit air to air refuelling capabilities on to any of the Global Express aircraft.
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    Liberal Minority Government 2025 - ???

    Every layer of transparency and disclosure increases layers of bureaucracy. The challenge is finding balance. Who in the CAF and who in the public service can we trust? I know a unit CO who had to waste time answering oversight about an evil Sgt who spent $9.81 on batteries without multiple...
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    Canada moves to 2% GDP end of FY25/26 - PMMC

    Education is a provincial responsibility. Not federal. Imagine Trudeau senior trying to tell Alberta what to teach...
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    Canada moves to 2% GDP end of FY25/26 - PMMC

    BC politics make Alberta and Quebec look normal.
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    Canada moves to 2% GDP end of FY25/26 - PMMC

    Realistically, it's Toronto, Montreal or (long shot) Halifax that will be Canada's nomination.
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    Canada moves to 2% GDP end of FY25/26 - PMMC

    The more transport capacity you have the more transport capacity you realize that you need.
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    Canada moves to 2% GDP end of FY25/26 - PMMC

    ...continue to make these a priority...
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    Canada moves to 2% GDP end of FY25/26 - PMMC

    I wonder where I've seen that kind of design before...
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    Canada moves to 2% GDP end of FY25/26 - PMMC

    I think that's a converted Embraer 145.
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    Canada moves to 2% GDP end of FY25/26 - PMMC

    I think the order of reductions will be Submarines, Fighters not yet under contract, RCD. Don't worry, though, new buildings for extraneous headquarters will remain a priority.
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    CAF Member Arrested and Charged Relating to Foreign Interference

    I reported an InfoSec violation. The MPs were called in. I explained the problem and showed the nice MP corporal where the problem was and gave context on the number of people who could potentially have access. A few months later my boss's boss got an inch thick report that recommended I be...
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    Canada moves to 2% GDP end of FY25/26 - PMMC

    There's a need for ariborne leadership. There's also a need for institutional sustainment leadership. Institutional long term planning. I have heard of a MGen who thought 90 days out was long term / strategic... when personnel generation & equipment acquisition (two easy examples) are...
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