One is assuming that Quebec would still find their neighbours to the south would remain... friendly. I would make no such assumption, particularly if certain European nations were to 'encourage' Quebec to assert their freedom and independence, since the St. Lawrence Sea Way is actually an international SLOC used and paid for by both the US and Canada and portions of the power grid are also tied together.
I think the US will absolutely sort any issues wrt the St. Lawrence Seaway. As for the Maritime provinces and NL, they and the provinces west of Quebec would have some difficult decisions if separation were to happen. Separation also entails partition, some parts of Quebec and perhaps the Cree First Nations may not want any part of being in a sovereign Quebec, something that got mentioned in the last referendum. Frankly I am more concerned about Alberta, many there are infected with the Trump disease. There is also the lingering hatred for senior and his energy policies screwing Alberta,, made only worse by his abomination offspring. I won't comment any further on the RCAF thread.
A can recall how a certain Frenchman in 1967 made some comments that didn't go over well. I kind of doubt the current leadership in France would make the same mistake....then again we have to remember pollies are involved!
Agree some interesting scenarios but this isn't the thread. Probably need a new one as the Canada Defence Thread really isn't applicable either.
Absolutely agree!!! Besides the obvious proven performance I think this was an easy decision. With bad poll numbers, caving into Bombardier wouldn’t enhance electoral chances for outside of Quebec. Don’t think it would have helped in Ontario either despite Ford’s support for Bombardier’s Toronto site.
Noi the Quebecers would sponge off la belle France.
It is great news but the amount of RCAF kit combined with extremely urgent RCN needs will be a challenge for the next government to fund, especially with rising interest rates. Then there is the army. The cynic in me suspects this is a trap to embarrass the next government which may very well have to delay/reduce these orders. Much of this kit should have been ordered in Harper’s last mandate and junior’s first. Pollies &ucking up as usual.
This is a good point, I would also argue that perhaps they are trying to pre-empt the next government. They know they will not be in power after the next election (barring a dramatic turn of events - which I guess one cannot rule out these days) and so by announcing these projects they can steal a bit of thunder from the government in waiting. But you are correct, these projects are all about a decade delayed from when they should have been announced.
Excellent video that really points out many of the problems facing the RCAF which are also applicable to the RCN and the Army. Of particular note is personnel retention, damn hard when you ask pilots to fly 40 year old plus fast jets or sailors to serve on the same age ships. The video was made before the P-8 sole source contract was announced. If junior wasn't polling so low he would have likely caved into Bombardier. One additional point about the Superhornet fiasco, while Boeing"s price tag may have been a show stopper, I disagree the C-Series dispute didn't play a some role. Boeing's trade complaint provided an exit excuse for junior's SH proposal.
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