Canada’s Military current state & equipment
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As production increases, the costs may drop. Nevertheless, all evidence to date indicates that we would pay over $120 million per aircraft, rather than $75 million."
At $75-$120 million per F35, should we have to be “fixing” them immediately?
Ottawa’s move to reevaluate the F-35 buy comes as Washington pursues more aggressive relations with its northern neighbor, as President Donald Trump threatens high tariffs and even annexation — renewing the electoral prospects of Carney’s Liberal Party, which he took over from former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Trump’s sharper rhetoric against NATO allies is also driving a new wave of defense spendingin Europe, as leaders grow concerned Washington may prove to be an unreliable partner.
We might have the smarts or the money to stop at the first 16-17 F-35’s, & using the same dollars that would have purchased the other 70-ish F-35’s…we could put our eggs into more than one basket?
Canada says it's reconsidering multibillion dollar F-35 buy as Trump ratchets up trade war - Breaking Defense
“To be clear, we are not cancelling the F-35 contract, but we need to do our homework given the changing environment ...,” a spokesperson for Canadian Minister of Defense Bill Blair told Breaking Defense.
No. We simply don't have the tech to do that kind of radar, sensors and AI.
When half off your labour goes to taxes get back to me . And don’t complain when you sell that cabin in the woods that you dutifully paid municipal taxes on when the Feds hit you up with a capital gains tax , ditto to any investments not shielded in a 401k ( rrsp ) . Did I mention that rrsp is taxable income when redeemed .
People here piss and moan about high taxation because we get little to show for it. And generally 60% is pissed away administrating the other 40%. CRA has more employees than IRA, and we have about a tenth of your population.
Of course they are , just think you can make a million dollar income if you die with a hefty RRSP .
Well, the Irish Republican Army doesn't have "employees," per se.
But to your larger point, yeah, Canaduh sucks ass.
You have a tax “service” & we have a tax “agency” & that’s the confusion.
There is no confusion. An agency is there to help you.
A service is there to clean your pipes. Whether it is a brothel or the government, the service is the same.