I'll believe it when I see it.
I think you may be surprised how much NATO consists of "offices".Well here is the big Halifax announcement. Basically, an office. LOL.
Look to be doing something but in reality, doing less than nothing! Liberals are awesome!
On second thought...spend money on offices and civil service is very important coming vote time. So success!
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I think you may be surprised how much NATO consists of "offices".
Also, from the media advisory, NATO Chair of the Military Committee was also going to be there. Of course the announcement was going to be NATO-centric.
Oh good, somewhere to put all the extra peopleWell here is the big Halifax announcement. Basically, an office. LOL.
Look to be doing something but in reality, doing less than nothing! Liberals are awesome!
On second thought...spend money on offices and civil service is very important coming vote time. So success!
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I'd be surprised if many CAF members get posted there.Oh good, somewhere to put all the extra people
Link? I don't see it when I Googled.Related - Canada announces new ministry of creativity. Beatings will continue until all Canadians are more creative.
Canadian Armed Forces to enhance engagement with Indo-Pacific, Trudeau says
Last week, Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly said diplomats in Asia have told her about "the issue of Canada not always being a reliable partner, because sometimes we show up, and then we leave, and then we go back."
Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha noted that sporadic engagement Thursday when he welcomed Trudeau to his Bangkok residence.
"This is the first visit for you as a prime minister," Prayut said through an interpreter.
"I hope that this visit, this particularly short one, will be as memorable" as the one Trudeau made in his youth, Prayut said.
Trudeau seemed to contradict Joly's framing Friday.
"Canada is serious about this, this region, we have always been," he sai
He also met with New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, who said she's keen to partner with Canada when Trudeau releases the regional strategy.
Ardern said she agreed with much of what of Trudeau said in closed-door APEC discussions.
“Listening to the interventions in the room, you can hear the many areas in which we're like-minded; where we have the same anxieties, where we have the same aspirations," she said.
Canada's participation in the APEC gathering ended with a pledge of nearly $183 million in new funding over five years to strengthen ties to the region, part of the Indo-Pacific strategy the Liberals have finally started rolling out.
That includes $92.5 million to create about 60 new jobs, both at Canada's missions in the region and within Global Affairs Canada.
"This will increase Canada's presence here on the ground (and) deepen diplomatic ties to build and maintain the important relationships that we are creating," International Trade Minister Mary Ng said Friday.
There is also $45 million for trade missions and about $32 million to set up Canada's first agricultural office.
Before Trudeau was pulled aside to discuss North Korea's move with other leaders, he announced that Ottawa will spend $13.5 million to launch a team in Canada and Asia to form energy partnerships.
"The need for clean energy and green infrastructure is also growing at a rapid pace here in the Indo-Pacific," Trudeau said in his opening remarks at the news conference before taking questions from reporters.
"As the world moves towards net zero, there is enormous potential to grow our ties in the natural resources sector."
While Trudeau previously spoke about expanding natural gas exports to Japan and Korea, his office said he also wants to exchange natural resources with India, Australia, Indonesia, Singapore, and Taiwan.
Link? I don't see it when I Googled.
A little while ago I was thinking about how replaceable our leaders are. Losing one is no big deal. Our choices prove that our standards aren't that high, so there is a large population of potential replacements. So at least there's that.
Makes you wonder how we'll manage increase our eFP Latvia commitment to a full Brigade.Canada has been promising to do more gore a while now, but our capability has been moving in the opposite direction. We’ve made force development assumptions that there would never be a war between first world nations, and we would never actually have to do heavy lifting to be a lead-nation (the US would always be there for that, right?).
Canada could not mount a whole Haiti mission even if it wanted to
The Canadian Armed Forces don’t have enough troops to make up the backbone of a force for a mission in Haitiwww.theglobeandmail.com
Makes you wonder how we'll manage increase our eFP Latvia commitment to a full Brigade.
Bring in more pissed off Spaniards and Italians who already think we're freeloadong assholes?Makes you wonder how we'll manage increase our eFP Latvia commitment to a full Brigade.
I am sure they will eventually announce that they each will lead their own battle groups. It’s not a brigade if it only holds one multinational battle group.Bring in more pissed off Spaniards and Italians who already think we're freeloadong assholes?