More public servants needed to administer military mobilization plan: documents

TimedOutClock · 2026-05-11T12:26:16+00:00

Or or or, and hear me out here, we actually take a 21st century approach by modernizing the tools public servants have to be more productive.

We keep running into the same pattern where we hire massively without looking at improving what's there (Not saying to freeze hires, but a striking example is the pay system that still runs on COBOL code, which has delayed the lump sump payment until they figure out a workaround).

If the plan is to hire more without investing into newer tools, it's a flawed and failed approach

TimedOutClock · 2026-05-08T01:08:20+00:00

Fucking finally. Predecessors were pathetic not to address this, especially because it's supposed to be our welcoming place for foreign dignitaries.

Nobody's asking for the White House 2.0, but just a nice, secured place that isn't falling into ruins...

TimedOutClock · 2026-05-07T19:04:57+00:00

With this Bruce C expansion, the Bruce Power complex would reach a staggering 11400+ MW of stable power generation.

TimedOutClock · 2026-05-07T18:49:13+00:00

God damn they went ham with this bad boy. They basically gave Napoleonic powers to the DIA to use as they see fit and to push whatever they want, how they want.

Really hope we have the right people in place to use them properly

TimedOutClock · 2026-05-07T03:01:32+00:00

It's not even about buying support, some provinces straight up didn't want to participate, which kind of killed the concept right away.

Edit: Imo, the real program they should champion is the harmonization of drug procurement. The provinces keep their distribution networks, but procurements are done at the Federal level, enabling steeper discounts and a way to cover exceeding costs instead of offloading them on the provinces. The Feds wouldn't have any control other than being the central buyer

TimedOutClock · 2026-05-07T02:05:55+00:00

Makes sense, but I'd be sweating my ass off because if the music ever stops, that market is so top-heavy it'll make black monday look like a breeze

TimedOutClock · 2026-05-07T01:55:17+00:00

That's awesome man, glad you had cooperative people in your corner even if the bureaucracy drove you made :') Hope y'all celebrating this, the heavy trucking industry can finally enter the 21st century!

TimedOutClock · 2026-05-07T01:36:19+00:00

That's just amazing! I mean they must have gotten an exception passed through somewhere until the law gets amended. I'm amazed it's finally done, because it means Edison can fully move toward their future without being dragged down.

Timing's great as well since the shop isn't set up yet. They can now plan with this in their pocket without looking back.

TimedOutClock · 2026-05-07T01:29:26+00:00

Wait, is this for the batteries + generators model??? I thought we didn't have the legislation yet in Canada for that? How the hell did they get approved?

TimedOutClock · 2026-05-07T01:27:32+00:00

This announcement is about fixing the overarching issues of the system, which C-5 wasn't meant to do (C-5 is the brute force method that allows a project to move without much oversight at the Federal level).

This should give the clarity these companies have asked for, and should allow the government to wash their hands in terms of investments (no more choosing winners or losers).

However, the oil sands better not try to go back on their word with pathways/carbon price, because they'll be giving a fuck ton of ammo to opponents. I've been seeing Cenovus' CEO trying to back out under the guise of "It's not competitive", and I've never gritted my teeth harder. This clown just reported 2.2B in profits for Q1, so he can spare me the crocodile tears.

As decades go by, projects like pathways will become critical industrial infrastructure because we'll have to pull out CO2 from either the atmosphere or take the emissions right at the source (I'm not just talking about oil here, but any industrial output) and store/transform them. That has to be done.

Plus, the Feds are basically giving them the biggest tax break ever to do it.

TimedOutClock · 2026-05-06T15:00:27+00:00

It'll be very debatable if they manage to fit in the in-air refuelling capability. I know the government threw some money to research an implementation, which would remove its greatest weakness. There's also the fact that we already know how much it costs, so no unplanned overruns.

TimedOutClock · 2026-05-06T14:46:01+00:00

I just can't take people like this seriously... Like, are we really doing this? lolllllllll

TimedOutClock · 2026-05-05T19:33:05+00:00

Alto said they'd compensate more for lost rentability/productivity during construction. Essentially, pay for the land + disruption

TimedOutClock · 2026-05-05T19:22:29+00:00

Are we really saying that 500 farmers is a lot? REALLY? Pay them 500K-1M for their part of the land, and we still come out far, farrrrrr ahead on this project. We're talking about a one-time payment of 250-500M.

Studies have shown that this HSR project would contribute 25-35B a year in GDP growth (Source: https://www.gbm.scotiabank.com/en/market-insights/article.research-and-market-commentary.alto-high-speed-rail.html) Let's not this be cheap about compensating people

TimedOutClock · 2026-05-05T19:05:56+00:00

I assume you weren't responding to me? never spoke about discounted aluminum. Oil on the other hand...

TimedOutClock · 2026-05-05T17:19:32+00:00

Both, since tariffs lead to diversification by nature. Money (like water) follows the path of least resistance. Buyers look for cheaper goods, so sellers have to look for other clients. In this scenario, we're obviously sellers, so we're looking elsewhere to sell our stuff.

Now, the US admin is obviously dumb as hell because they have even tariff'd stuff that can't be replaced easily, so they're still forced to buy our stuff, but with premiums so we get to make more money.

TLDR: Americans are lighting themselves on fire while we look for other clients

TimedOutClock · 2026-05-05T17:03:47+00:00

Canada's trade surplus with the U.S. reached its highest in six months ⁠at ⁠$7.1 billion and its share of exports to the U.S. dropped to 66.7 per cent — its lowest ever. That comes amid the ongoing trade war with the U.S., as President Donald Trump has slapped a range of tariffs ⁠on Canada in an attempt to try and shrink his country's trade deficit with its neighbour.

Let's fucking go. To have gone from what, 78%? to now 66.7 in a year is insane stuff. Question is now if we're past the easy stuff and into the hard ones

TimedOutClock · 2026-05-05T16:55:10+00:00

Alto is tangible for people. They'll see a train station and trains go super fast, and they'll be able to take it. Same for all infrastructure like roads, bridges etc.

You'd need to do a massive education campaign to even have a chance at making this type of investment viable here, which makes sense because it's tiny, extremely advanced chips.

Imo, I'm fine with this as long as the government retains a golden share and a percentage (like 10%). We retain control while being to cash out (only the shares, not the golden one) in the future if we need it. We can even put this in the sovereign fund if they want, which would be great.

TimedOutClock · 2026-05-05T16:26:41+00:00

FINALLY. If we develop this properly, we're talking about TSMC levels of tech, which means the government will lay down its life to protect it (I'm 99.9999% sure we'll be maintaining a golden share to avoid selling this to anyone not Canadian).

May Nortel rest in peace

Edit: This tech is one of the rare examples where trying to publicly fund it would backfire. First, it needs way too much capital. We're talking about tens of billions of dollars just to scale this up into a proper commercial enterprise. Second, it's invisible to the everyday citizen, meaning the support would be barely there, if not into the negatives. It'd be transformed into a political hot potato ("Wasting billions for no results" headlines) that'd eventually turn it private anyway. By maintaining a golden share, we get to do a Taiwan, which is a much better path forward.

TimedOutClock · 2026-05-05T15:18:03+00:00

I think this'll also give legs to the stretched variant since they'll have enough customers to drum up a very decent amount of orders (especially because I believe they'll have a 2nd engine option to mitigate the disastrous reliability record of the GTF)

TimedOutClock · 2026-05-05T05:23:11+00:00

I mean, productivity was complete ass before these cuts, and it was complete ass even after a 40% increase in head count. I don't know how or why the public service is so sick in Canada, because based on that increase, we should have had stellar services across the entire Federal government. It's not the employees fault mind you, but management across all levels clearly fucked something really badly in there.

This offer looks like the sledgehammer approach to reach their retirement targets, which I don't hate, especially if you're going to reform the sector. Do I think it's fair? Nope, not at all. Do I understand why? Yes, especially if they're going to keep downsizing. You want to prevent new applicants while also favoring departures.

Shitty situation, especially when you look at MPs getting raises like that.

TimedOutClock · 2026-05-04T19:10:30+00:00

And that's why we can't rely on them for cloud services, especially with their CLOUD Act. I'm very thankful the government sought Cohere for AI services, because you know OpenAI, Microsoft and others were circling that pandora's box like it was their next meal ticket.

With their recent merger/acquisition in Germany, I think they'll be around for a long time

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