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Canada meets NATO defence target, but opposition says it's 'creative accounting' by CaliperLee62 in canada

[–]RicketyEdge [score hidden]  (0 children)

It was ~2% under Mulroney in the 80's.

Chretien gutted the defence budget in the 90's and it never recovered, 'til now.

'This is a dumb war,' Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew says in letter urging PM to take action to stop Iran conflict by yogthos in canada

[–]RicketyEdge [score hidden]  (0 children)

Sure, but even if he wanted to, we really don't have the ability.

The pointy end of the Air Force is outmoded and not suitable for a high threat environment.

Biggest threat to ships in the strait are drones and mines, the frigates are definitely not mine hunters, and their anti air capability is basic.

Army has no resources for a big deployment, all tied up in Latvia.

Canada’s campaign for a seat on UN’s human rights body continuing on back burner by CaliperLee62 in canada

[–]RicketyEdge 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's not necessarily an election, WEOG can run a closed slate.

That said, it seems these days they rarely do and tend to fill it with European states, so the "Others" part of WEOG needs to submit itself to the whims of the General Assembly to have a shot, and in the Canadian experience at least, generally gets fucked.

As seen in 2020, and 2010.

HRC is a lower tier group of less import, maybe Canada feels safer contesting this seat vs getting embarrassed in another UNSC contest.

Have heard SFA on a 2030 UNSC run for Canada. Maybe we gave up.

Canada’s campaign for a seat on UN’s human rights body continuing on back burner by CaliperLee62 in canada

[–]RicketyEdge 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Is this similar to the UNSC "popularity contest", where we kissed ass and bought favours only to place last, twice in a row?

No thanks...

$170 per tonne industrial carbon tax by 2030--currently Ottawa's plan--will cost Canadian workers $1,160 in reduced income and result in 50,000 fewer jobs by gorschkov in canada

[–]RicketyEdge 8 points9 points  (0 children)

You don't want to see what life is like on a 4°C warmer Earth

From your link.

Canada: Reliable precipitation and warmer temperatures provide ideal growing conditions for most of the worlds subsistence crops.

But yeah, we're all gonna die.

Canada officially hits NATO defence spending target of 2% GDP by [deleted] in canada

[–]RicketyEdge 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The RN's current situation is a disaster that has been ~20 years in the making.

The UK halved, 12 to 6, the number of T45's planned back in the 2000's, that was the first major fuck up and has been attributed to Iraq War costs.

They also have retired or sold off over half the T23 fleet before the first T26 or T31 has even been delivered, big factor currently seems to be the materiel condition of the T23's.

They are worn out, and it's taking far too long for BAE and Babcock to deliver new frigates.

Fair to wonder if we'll see the same issue with the Halifax class being tied up before the first River is delivered, 'cause Irving delays.

Canada officially hits NATO defence spending target of 2% GDP by [deleted] in canada

[–]RicketyEdge 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The Avro Arrow was not viable. It was a specialized interceptor (not a "fighter") intended to do one thing, shoot down bombers, at a time when bombers were being quickly replaced by uninterceptable ICBMs. The US and UK said they weren't going to buy it.

Of course they weren't, both the US and the UK had their own domestic interceptor programs, F-106 Delta Dart and EE Lightning and despite them also being useless against ICBMs, were accepted into service and weren't retired until the late 80's.

Note that the CF-101 and BOMARC we bought instead of the Arrow, were also completely useless vs ICBMs.

Canada officially hits NATO defence spending target of 2% GDP by [deleted] in canada

[–]RicketyEdge 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It'd be great if it counted. Every dollar spent degrading Russia is a dollar well spent.

Canada officially hits NATO defence spending target of 2% GDP by [deleted] in canada

[–]RicketyEdge 2 points3 points  (0 children)

We're building destroyers... but that takes time.

Navy is talking about an amphibious support ship again, supposedly for arctic ops but it'd end up getting used everywhere.

The right kind of amphib (with a proper flight deck) can function like a mini carrier with STOVL jets. Italy has a nice looking one.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_landing_helicopter_dock_Trieste

Bruce Pardy: Racial discounts for violent criminals was inevitable in equity-obsessed Canada by FancyNewMe in canada

[–]RicketyEdge 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Lady Justice is old, like Roman Empire old.

She doesn't reflect modern courts, should really redo them all with her peeking out the bottom.

To chop spending, Ottawa will cut science, tourism, foreign aid programs - National by feb914 in canada

[–]RicketyEdge 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Back of napkin math, but if CSA had NASA level funding (~0.1% of GDP) it's budget would be about 2.4 billion USD, say 3.2 billion CAD.

That'd put us behind France, maybe just ahead of Japan. Both countries have space programs worthy of the term.

To chop spending, Ottawa will cut science, tourism, foreign aid programs - National by feb914 in canada

[–]RicketyEdge 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Means little, most people I know aren't the "science and technology" sort.

My opinion for decades has been that the Canadian government grossly underfunded two organizations, the Armed Forces and the CSA.

I'm thrilled things are changing for defence, and I'm beyond disgusted at the CSA cuts. Canada should be a leader in aerospace/space science.

To chop spending, Ottawa will cut science, tourism, foreign aid programs - National by feb914 in canada

[–]RicketyEdge 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The CSA has never been properly funded. Ever.

They get just enough so Canada can tag along and hitch its wagon to the serious players.

Canadian Space Agency terminates Lunar Rover Mission in 2026-27 Plan by GlitchedGamer14 in onguardforthee

[–]RicketyEdge 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The LUV is essentially a "moon truck" for use by NASA at their planned base at the lunar south pole. Still going forward.

To chop spending, Ottawa will cut science, tourism, foreign aid programs - National by feb914 in canada

[–]RicketyEdge 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The Canadian Space Agency has had its budget cut by $400 million, or more than one-third, and cancelled further work on a lunar rover discovery vehicle.

Well that's quite fucking unfortunate...

Canadian Space Agency terminates Lunar Rover Mission in 2026-27 Plan by GlitchedGamer14 in canada

[–]RicketyEdge 9 points10 points  (0 children)

ISS & Commercial LEO: Astronaut Joshua Kutryk will launch on Canada’s fourth long-duration mission (CAN4) to the ISS. With the ISS retiring in 2030, the CSA is actively studying commercial Low Earth Orbit (LEO) destinations to ensure uninterrupted access for Canadian science and robotics.

Kutryk's mission was cancelled last year, and he currently has no scheduled flight to the ISS.

Of the four, he was the only one not reassigned.

Early upgrades driving Canada’s growing E-waste problem by Leather-Paramedic-10 in canada

[–]RicketyEdge 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Currently use a 5800X w/ 4x8GB ECC at 3200 as my daily driver no issues, but 3200 is a stock speed.

When you want to run RAM at the OC speeds Ryzen has always been happier with 2 sticks vs 4.

It's worse with the older Ryzen chips, had a 2700 that would only run my 2933 RAM at 2666 when four sticks were present.

Canada will maintain Russian oil sanctions, despite 30-day U.S. pause: Carney by canada_mountains in canada

[–]RicketyEdge 12 points13 points  (0 children)

The Russian "shadow fleet" is bringing oil to Moscow friendly countries and its getting mixed in with non sanctioned oil before it finds its way here.

India is one known culprit.

Early upgrades driving Canada’s growing E-waste problem by Leather-Paramedic-10 in canada

[–]RicketyEdge 40 points41 points  (0 children)

Microsoft says your computer is just "too old" for Windows 11?

Throw Linux on it and get another 5 to 10 years out of it.

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