Justin Trudeau hints at boosting Canada’s military spending

I'll believe it when I see it.

 

[Brad Sallows]

I still think it wouldn't hurt to look at transferring tax points to the provinces and holding the feds accountable for their clear areas of responsibility.

First part is already done - federal income tax cut in lowest two income ranges, and GST cut. The overarching problem is that provinces prefer Ottawa to tax and then transfer the money so that they can spend.

 

[YZT580]

RCAF retains airworthiness responsibilities. But operational and technical authorities can now be held by non-RCAF organizations. Even airworthiness and flight safety responsibilities can be delegated with appropriate training and procedural compliance.

too true and with less than admirable results. Transport Canada delegated ATC supervision to NavCan. There are now very few experts in Transport that can judge whether a change in policy is safe or not. As a result they lean on the advise of the organization that they are supposed to police, resulting in a less safe system. The same is true of flight checks and pilot safety. Airlines now do their own policing.

 

[Maxman1]

We're also a country with 10 different building codes

Very rarely do buildings move from one province to another.

And, at least nominally, building codes are designed around local environmental conditions. The bare minimum for, say, insulation in a house in Victoria would be inadequate in St. John's or Winnipeg.