This is one of the times I wish I could show you everything that’s behind the paywall.
Blacklock’s- Arctic Defence Small & Weak
Auditors counted 308 regular forces and 2,021 reservists in the region. A Joint Task Force North is staffed at 67 percent, “13 percent below the Canadian Armed Forces average,” said Operations.
Most Arctic airfields are incapable of handling large transport planes used by the Royal Canadian Air Force, said the report.
Collapsing recruitment goals ensure that the staffing requirements will never be met.
Press gang the civilians at DoD HQ
Hardly surprising. The non-existent state of Canada’s Arctic infrastructure has even come to the attention of the Red Star.
https://www.thestar.com/politics/federal/canadas-military-presence-in-the-arctic-is-limited-and-deteriorating-report-warns/article_340284c4-ace7-11ef-a583-efe3a6b386dc.html
It’s been systematically neglected for four decades. That’s about the time that the Soviet Union collapsed and Canada started cashing in its peace dividend. Harper took no measures to fix this, but Harper had to fight the war in Afghanistan that Paul Martin got us into.
generations of ho hum cockiness and underfunding to the tune of 100s of billions.
(liberalism liberalism liberalism)
aaaaaaaand lookit whut we get. sitting ducks on the 2nd longest arctic coastline in the world.
If there is ever the need, I am sure Shiny Pony will assure us that his friends in Shanghai will lend him all the troops he asks for.
That’s why he approved the “observation” (training) of PLA troops in “Arctic Warfare”
https://torontosun.com/news/local-news/warmington-communist-chinese-troops-observed-military-exercises-on-canadian-soil
While I was in Yellowknife last month, the Northern Command headquarter office has a really impressive design and cost though…
My experience in Canada’s Arctic and Northern regions periodically over a 27 year career with the Engineers and Search and Rescue tracks with yours John. Decades ago it was still mostly raw and poorly serviced at the few significant population centers. Investment services the extraction industry and local hamlets and population centers.
Slowly very slowly we are seeing some federal spending go to enhanced national defence infrastructure. I think it is needed especially with the thawing of the northern channel.
Arctic Defence Small & Weak.
Justlike Justins dick.
And don’t fckn kid yourself, Turdhold Minions would rather GST rebates, 500,000 sub-continent Apoos/annum and cheap daycare.
#TurdholeDominion
Doesn’t matter because according to our Telcos The NWT, Nunuvut areas not part of Canada. You have to pay for all your long distance calls to Yellowknife, Hay River, Whitehorse, Rankin Inlet etc.
Canada is a clown show.
That’s what happens when you replace the DEW Line with a DEI Line.