I'll believe it when I see it.
Our bases have been so well maintained over the last 30 years that a few years of reductions won't hurt anything....Absolutely amazing. The biggest cuts are infrastructure and bases, and ready forces. Probably our 2 most important line items.
Oh yeah just un condemn those old H huts and we will be fine.....Our bases have been so well maintained over the last 30 years that a few years of reductions won't hurt anything....
Well maintained. Prove that please!Oh yeah just un condemn those old H huts and we will be fine.....
SarcasmWell maintained. Prove that please!
Man I can’t handle cuts anymore. Every day I try and stay motivated and it’s just not working anymore.
Oh yeah just un condemn those old H huts and we will be fine.....
Al gone plus nothing beyond weeds would grow in all the sand.Or do a 'Cultybraggan' on them
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Media should not be state funded, period.DND's budget cut is a given, here's the CBC increase of $100m https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/cbc-funding-st-onge-1.7129784
There are taxpayer funded media outlets around the world that are, in my mind, worth it. BBC, ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation), DW in Germany, even the NPR in the US.Media should not be state funded, period.
(Sorry, I mean taxpayer funded - because it sounds so much better...)
We have all kinds of problems that we could fix in a fairly straightforward manner.
Giving the CBC $100M MORE of taxpayer dollars just so they can lie to me about pretty much everything & rarely let the same public that funds them to even comment on the stories they choose to follow...when they already have an annual budget of over a billion dollars?
"It's okay Freeland, save your strength...I'll go punch myself in the stomach today."
Here is a good primer from HUB Dialogues on a potential reason why our Cultural Industry seems to suck so bad.There are taxpayer funded media outlets around the world that are, in my mind, worth it. BBC, ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation), DW in Germany, even the NPR in the US.
The problem with the CBC (TV) is that since we’re so close to the US, historically we were split between watching Canadian or (more often than not) American networks before the rise of cable and later the Internet. The Brits, Aussies, etc didn’t have easy access to US shows so it gave their homegrown media more space to flourish. Also, they don’t have ads.
The Aus Broadcasting Corporation still has, in my mind, a genius idea. They have a radio channel called Triple J (JJJ) which is a national no-commercials channel that is music-oriented towards folks 18-35. The frequencies are fairly close together so regardless of where you are in Australia, JJJ will be roughly around the same place. They also had huge concerts featuring Australian talent and really great shows where they brought in international stars…all taxpayer funded. This is what CBC Radio 3 should have been.
Easy to say we will spend this amount over 20 years when you know that there isn't anyway to be held to it. My fav part is "delays in projects that should be underway".It seems that the LPC are spending more on the CAF after all
Cost of Liberal government's defence plan has jumped by $50B, PBO says
Projected cost of new equipment over 20-year period has risen to nearly $215 billion, assessment shows
The cost of the Liberal government's nearly seven-year-old marquee defence plan has jumped by over $50 billion — mostly due to anticipated work on modernizing continental defence and delays in projects that should be underway — the federal budget watchdog said Wednesday.
The Office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer released an update to its projections for the impact of Strong, Secure and Engaged, the 2017 defence policy document.
The new assessment shows the projected cost of purchasing new equipment under the plan over a 20-year period has increased to $214.8 billion, up from the PBO's previous assessment of $164 billion.
When the federal government initially laid out its plan, it did not include the projected cost of modernizing NORAD. In 2023, then-Defence Minister Anita Anand announced that Canada would invest over $38 billion in improving aerospace and maritime defence alongside the United States.
Those figures are now folded into the PBO's estimate, along with $12 billion attributed to the rising cost of new equipment — brought on in part by delays in acquiring new fighter jets, frigates and drones.
No, they are accused of being a voice for the liberals. Even when they are not in power CBC still curves things in their favour as they know the conservatives are not CBC friendly.I didn't mention any particular network, but it is noted that the post just above mine was from the CBC.
Assuming they don't gut it, can we assume that if the government changes, the CBC will become a puppet voice for the new government in power? That's what they are constantly being accused of.
I think it's a lot of 3 card monty, with future spending and hand waving money under DND budgets.One sentence in that article strikes me as interesting - the overall budget will be higher. So will it be at least $900M higher per year?
While the government cuts defence:
It’s interesting though that the increased support for defence spending noticeably faltered when those polled in one one poll were asked if defence should trump other priorities.
That has been the overall sentiment for decades. It was like that in Afghanistan.Mile wide, but an inch deep.
Social programs and handouts are what canadians want.