Justin Trudeau hints at boosting Canada’s military spending

I'll believe it when I see it.

 

[Quirky]

Tom Mulcair was perhaps one of the best leaders the NDP had .I'm still trying figure out why they got rid of him . And replacing hin with a near non entity .

Optics. Diversity. Someone wearing $2000 suits with a Rolex on his wrist is exactly who you want to represent the working class….

 

[Czech_pivo]

Optics. Diversity. Someone wearing $2000 suits with a Rolex on his wrist is exactly who you want to represent the working class….

Have you ever looked at Socialist leaders from France.

 

[dimsum]

Optics. Diversity. Someone wearing $2000 suits with a Rolex on his wrist is exactly who you want to represent the working class….

Now I want the next NDP leader to only wear Canadian Tuxedoes and Sorels. Maybe a plaid jacket for Fridays.

 

[Czech_pivo]

Now I want the next NDP leader to only wear Canadian Tuxedoes and Sorels. Maybe a plaid jacket for Fridays.

Have a read on Francois Holland’s hair needs….

French President Francois Hollande spends $11K a month -- on his hair

By 2017, the French presidency will have shelled out a total of $657,582 on hair grooming.

www.usatoday.com

 

[dapaterson]

Good news is that the CDS and CAFCWO combined won't spend that much on their hair for the rest of their lives.

 

[RangerRay]

Have a read on Francois Holland’s hair needs….

French President Francois Hollande spends $11K a month -- on his hair

By 2017, the French presidency will have shelled out a total of $657,582 on hair grooming.

www.usatoday.com

But…he has no hair.

 

[RangerRay]

Tom Mulcair was perhaps one of the best leaders the NDP had .I'm still trying figure out why they got rid of him . And replacing hin with a near non entity .

Because he dared to say he would balance the budget. That was heresy in NDP lifer circles. And he committed the other heresy of being a Liberal prior to being a Dipper. So pragmatist + newcomer = extremely short leash.

Amongst the Dipper lifer circles, th leader can be a complete failure as long as you’re ideologically pure. It doesn’t matter if the leader has made the Party irrelevant and the government is eating their lunch.

 

[rmc_wannabe]

Good news is that the CDS and CAFCWO combined won't spend that much on their hair for the rest of their lives.

Nor should anyone that follows. Our regs have evolved as such that grooming costs are no longer an issue

 

[TacticalTea]

Because he dared to say he would balance the budget. That was heresy in NDP lifer circles. And he committed the other heresy of being a Liberal prior to being a Dipper. So pragmatist + newcomer = extremely short leash.

Amongst the Dipper lifer circles, th leader can be a complete failure as long as you’re ideologically pure. It doesn’t matter if the leader has made the Party irrelevant and the government is eating their lunch.

Classic Left.

Never communist enough for a real Communist.

 

[Colin Parkinson]

Tom Mulcair was perhaps one of the best leaders the NDP had .I'm still trying figure out why they got rid of him . And replacing hin with a near non entity .

At first I wondered about why they choose him, then I grew to respect him, even if I disagreed with him. The only sane one in the NDP room at the time.

 

[Colin Parkinson]

Classic Left.

Never communist enough for a real Communist.

Millions dead = That wasn't real Communism, Even more dead = It will work if we try harder to be Communists

 

[Halifax Tar]

Millions dead = That wasn't real Communism, Even more dead = It will work if we try harder to be Communists

I have actually had people express that in conversation with me.

 

[Czech_pivo]

I have actually had people express that in conversation with me.

The time to worry about the NDP is when they elect someone who stands before us in a pair of jeans and a sweatshirt or a t-shift and wears a simple Timex watch. Someone who donates a sizeable portion of his/her MP's salary to the local food bank or soup kitchen. Someone who surrounds themselves with aides/advisors who dress the same as he/she does and does the same thing with their salaries. That is when you will know that they are serious about their socialist mantra and are looking gather their base and make their version of change happen.

 

[YZT580]

serious question: this thread started almost a year ago and is now on page 158. With all those comments is there even one that tangibly demonstrates living up to the theme of boosting defense spending?

 

[Eye In The Sky]

The RCAF is getting ball hats at some point?

 

[Spencer100]

serious question: this thread started almost a year ago and is now on page 158. With all those comments is there even one that tangibly demonstrates living up to the theme of boosting defense spending?

I though a saw a RFP for new Convening Tables go out.....so all good.

 

[Brad Sallows]

It was a hint, not a commitment.

The parties controlling Parliament happily blew out the budget even before crisis struck, took measures that blew it out further to deal with crisis, and added substantial new program spending. All of that was popular (enough) with voters. The stories I see on CBC are mostly about "health care in crisis", not "defence in crisis". Even here, who is willing to give up their new childcare subsidy or dental care subsidy (if eligible), or accept a return to, say, year 2000 income tax rates?

Defence is going to be "managed readiness" at the macro level for the long-term foreseeable future. "Full capability" (whatever that might be, but assuming it means at least one each minor naval, land, and air formation ready to go with necessary contemporary capabilities) isn't on the table.

 

[Czech_pivo]

It was a hint, not a commitment.

The parties controlling Parliament happily blew out the budget even before crisis struck, took measures that blew it out further to deal with crisis, and added substantial new program spending. All of that was popular (enough) with voters. The stories I see on CBC are mostly about "health care in crisis", not "defence in crisis". Even here, who is willing to give up their new childcare subsidy or dental care subsidy (if eligible), or accept a return to, say, year 2000 income tax rates?

Defence is going to be "managed readiness" at the macro level for the long-term foreseeable future. "Full capability" (whatever that might be, but assuming it means at least one each minor naval, land, and air formation ready to go with necessary contemporary capabilities) isn't on the table.

Not so sure about the above.

If you add multiple weeks of what has just occurred regarding these unknown source of balloons popping up over various places in NA, specifically moving them down from Alaska/Yukon to more mundane places like Montreal, Calgary, Ottawa, North Bay, Sherbrooke, Kansas City, Sacramento, Boise, Tallahassee, Atlanta, New Orleans, Houston, etc and you'll start to see yammering about the need for more funding of the CAF. If it continues to be ONLY US fighters shooting down balloons across Canadian airspace then the pressure will be on for the Petit Dauphin to do something.

 

[Kirkhill]

Some things can't wait.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trudeau-trevor-noah-money-1.4930216

 

[YZT580]

Some things can't wait.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trudeau-trevor-noah-money-1.4930216

you aren't being fair, it is a personal pledge by Justin, not by Canada