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The NDP will support the budget. At least with the 2-3 votes needed.

Which is exactly what the air staff told cabinet months ago when they suggested we join the British-Japanese GCAP or Franco-German FCAS. Can't help it if politicians don't listen and go chasing short term solutions.

Cheaper. And yet more capable than a Gripen, which is basically a souped up fast jet trainer from the 2000s.

He's doing all the things that I originally voted for Trudeau to do in 2015. There will be quibbles. But I think he's hit the be right balance.

Imagine a world where the US stuck to only Afghanistan and didn't get exhausted with Iraq. They would have had a lot more resources for Afghanistan leading to a much better outcome there. They would have had trillions less in national debt. We wouldn't have seen the rise of ISIS and...

Well predicted by Gary Stevenson who has been doing a bunch of podcasts about wealth inequality.

I have come around to the Strong Towns argument that federal funds for transit lead to system level waste. The more that federal governments, in Canada and the US, fund transit and roads, the more it leads to suburbanization which only exacerbates the problem. And then perversely simply...

Only if they are going to Quebec City.

Above digression aside, I do wonder if there's a case for fully suburban station at some place like Vaudreuil. Or if that's too close to Dorval. I find Dorval is still a bit too far into the city from places like Cornwall. But no idea what the demand would be.

Kinda hilarious too that several of these places vote Conservative. The only time they saw growth was during Covid when public servants felt free to move further away. Their preferred party wants fewer public servants and wants them chained to their desk in Ottawa. Not a recipe for exurban...

There's a whole bunch of bedroom communities around Ottawa that thought the growth from Covid would be permanent.

On a different forum, somebody with the same handle was complaining about immigration a while back and preference for shall we say lighter skinned migrants. So particularly entertaining, if that same person now thinks their town is going to triple in population, while they themselves are...

People in your small town can drive to catch the train. There's no need to have a stop there. Also, tripling from 10k to 30k is not enough, given that we're skipping places like Kingston. Also, given how quickly immigration is reversing in this country, the likelihood of that kind of...

Put it this way. Imagine if GM basically offered to ship kits to be assembled in Oshawa, in exchange for all the parts manufacturing from their their Canadian supply chain to be moved to the US. How many of you would take that deal? There's a 7 figure amount of Canadian subcontracts on...

Apologies. I shouldn't have been as pointed. I've seen too many comments all weekend about how this doesn't mean we'll have to buy it.

Not just Trump. The working relationship is good between the countries despite Trump. I think that could change if we substantially cut the Panther order or outright cancel. I wonder what happens if the Americans flat out say that they'll end NORAD or kick us out of 5 Eyes. The crazy part...

We do know that the Corridor doesn't really lose money though. And population growth has far outstripped whatever estimate was around when the Venture contract was signed. I should think that an extra car per train shouldn't result in a net loss, even with lower off-peak yields. 7 car trains...

The only place this kind of combination really makes sense is for Ottawa and Quebec City, with their air connections centered in Montreal. Reducing connections through the GTA is unlikely. What will happen is that large network airlines will reduce air service to Pearson that is largely...

Given growing pains with the Ventures, do they have enough Venture sets to run the Corridor schedule exclusively on Ventures in say 6-12 months? If they don't, I don't see why an order of 2-3 more sets is out of question. On the capacity side, as Paul pointed out, increasing capacity is a...

Nah. This is a Saab marketing pitch and political play. Their fighter is out of contention and their radar bird won't meet upcoming requirements either. Hence this pitch. Different time period. Different threat environnement, reaction time, missions, etc. À lot of what light fighters used...