“CAF – Canadian Armed Forces” – Page 25

There’s a price to pay for being unready for war. Will Canada have to pay it again?

A little more than 18 years ago, amid the dust and hard heat of Kandahar Airfield, the weary look on Col. Ian Hope’s face spoke more loudly than his words.

It was the spring of 2006 and the Canadian contingent in Afghanistan had just been through several brutal weeks. More than half a dozen Canadian soldiers had been killed in roadside bombings. As it turned out, it was the beginning of a bloody, unrelenting wave of casualties that would rend the heart of a nation and seize the political agenda in ways the Conservative government of the day never expected.

by Blazingcatfur•July 20, 2024July 20, 2024•0•"CAF - Canadian Armed Forces", Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

Opposition to woke agenda & new top soldier Jennie Carignan helping Putin says outgoing Chief Wokester

Canada’s outgoing defence chief hit back at his critics and those questioning the appointment of the first female general to lead the Canadian Forces by claiming they were aiding Russian president Vladimir Putin.

Chief of the Defence Staff Gen. Wayne Eyre, who handed over command of the military to Gen. Jennie Carignan on Thursday, has faced intense criticism for his efforts to change the military culture, including his decision to ease dress and deportment standards.

by Blazingcatfur•July 20, 2024July 20, 2024•0•"CAF - Canadian Armed Forces", WTF?

New chief of the defence staff warns of 5-year timeline to counter Russia, China threats with DEI GenderForce or something silly like that

Thirty-five years after women gained the right to participate in combat roles with the military, Gen. Jennie Carignan has made history by becoming the first female to lead

the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF), officially taking on the role following a ceremony in Ottawa on Thursday.

“Not only do I feel ready, but I also feel very well supported,” Carignan said in a speech at the ceremony.

Link Fixed

Our armed forces will soon be comprised of 5th Columnist foreigners and other DEI hires as white males no longer consider military service a viable career option.

I doubt China and Russia fear us.

by Blazingcatfur•July 19, 2024July 19, 2024•0•"CAF - Canadian Armed Forces", "DEI - Diversity Equity Inclusion", Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

Michael Taube: It’s up to Pierre Poilievre to clean up Trudeau’s NATO mess

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) set a target in 2014 for member states to earmark two per cent of their national GDP for defence spending, noting that allies below this level would “aim to move towards” reaching the guideline “within a decade.”

Of the 31 NATO member states, only one still hasn’t met this reasonable target. Take a wild guess as to which country it is.

by Blazingcatfur•July 19, 2024July 18, 2024•0•"CAF - Canadian Armed Forces", Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, Conservative Party, NATO

Canada undershot military equipment spending each year since 2016, while half of military vehicles aren’t fit to deploy

While Justin Trudeau faced sharp scrutiny from world leaders and domestic analysts towards past and planned defence spending at the recent NATO summit, The Hub found that Canada’s spending on military equipment and national defence is far below previous projections, resulting in arguably the worst recent spending record of NATO members.

by Blazingcatfur•July 18, 2024July 17, 2024•0•"CAF - Canadian Armed Forces", Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

GUNTER: Beefing up Canada’s military an overdue necessity

Canada is a sovereign nation.

Yet we are a sovereign nation that lacks the military capacity to be of much help to its allies, much less defend its home soil against a foreign attack.

We have among the best soldiers, sailors and aircrews in the world. The problem is weak political leadership.

CAF culture is now more RuPaul than “Ready Aye Ready” it will take years to remove the rot Trudeau has infested the services with.

by Blazingcatfur•July 14, 2024July 14, 2024•0•"CAF - Canadian Armed Forces"

Federal poll: Military members widely believe Canada is ‘on the wrong track’ in national defence

In-house research conducted by the Privy Council Office found Canadian military members feel disheartened and abandoned by the state of the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF).

Of those surveyed, each of them said they believe Canada is “on the wrong track” in national defence, per Blacklock’s Reporter. Findings were drawn from focus groups with retired veterans as well as active soldiers, sailors and air crew.

by Blazingcatfur•July 14, 2024July 13, 2024•0•"CAF - Canadian Armed Forces", Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

Canada confirms plan to replace submarine fleet at NATO summit

The timing of the announcement could be an attempt to blunt criticism of Ottawa’s defence spending

Canada definitely plans to move forward with the purchase of new submarines, the federal government announced on the margins of the NATO Summit on Wednesday.

Up to now, the government has spoken only about the possibility of replacing the aging Victoria-class boats. But in the face of mounting criticism of Canada’s defence spending by allies — notably the United States — Ottawa has given the proposal the green light.

A senior government official, speaking on background, said they could not confirm how much the plan will cost, how many boats will be purchased or when they will arrive.

I smell bullshit.

by Blazingcatfur•July 11, 2024July 10, 2024•0•"CAF - Canadian Armed Forces", "RCN", Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, NATO

Maxime Bernier denounces ‘woke apparatchik’ now leading the Canadian military

OTTAWA, Ontario (LifeSiteNews) — Leader of the People’s Party of Canada, Maxime Bernier, has warned that the newly appointed head of the Canadian Armed Forces, Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) Lieut.-Gen. Jennie Carignan, is a “woke apparatchik” known for “promoting gender identity nonsense.”

h/t DS

by Blazingcatfur•July 11, 2024July 10, 2024•0•"CAF - Canadian Armed Forces"

Stoltenberg: NATO Will No Longer ‘Strive For’ 2 Percent, It Will Be a Requirement

WASHINGTON–NATO leadership is working to ensure that all 32 of its member states meet a minimum defense expenditure annually.

Speaking to a forum of international defense industry leaders on July 9, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said that the alliance’s ambition to spend 2 percent of GDP on defense will be considered a requirement rather than an aspiration.

by Blazingcatfur•July 10, 2024July 10, 2024•0•"CAF - Canadian Armed Forces", Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, NATO

Tasha Kheiriddin: Trudeau taking the heat from NATO allies for cheaping out on defence spending

Canada is a cheapskate. We’re that friend who always “forgets” their wallet when they join you for dinner, who never splits the bill evenly because they “only had an appetizer,” who never treats their pals to a round but always drinks when someone else buys. Most us have had friends like this, and after a while, you stop inviting them out, leaving them to stare at the walls of their studio apartments alone.

by Blazingcatfur•July 9, 2024July 9, 2024•0•"CAF - Canadian Armed Forces", Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, NATO

The philosophy — and politics — behind the Liberal government’s desire to keep Canada a NATO deadbeat

There was an unscripted moment during a panel debate in Toronto last month that could go a long way toward explaining Canada’s long-term reluctance to publicly and wholeheartedly embrace NATO’s guideline for members’ defence spending.

Appearing on a panel at the Eurasia’s group’s U.S.-Canada Summit, the typically unflappable Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly was asked pointedly how Ottawa could be considered a reliable ally when it appears unable — or unwilling — to meet the western military alliance’s benchmark of spending at least two per cent of GDP on defence.

Big tranny army.

by Blazingcatfur•July 9, 2024July 9, 2024•0•"CAF - Canadian Armed Forces", "Canada - Security Risk Under Liberal Party Regime", Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, NATO

Ottawa overestimating defence spending, will only spend 1.42% of GDP on military by 2030: PBO

OTTAWA — On the eve of a major NATO summit, the federal budget watchdog says the government is overestimating defence spending and that Canada will be even further than expected from its 2 per cent military investment commitment by the end of the decade.

by Blazingcatfur•July 8, 2024July 8, 2024•0•"CAF - Canadian Armed Forces", Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, WTF?

Trudeau should expect criticism at NATO summit over defence spending: analysis

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau heads to Washington for the NATO summit early next week with more than $30 billion in recently awarded military equipment contracts and a new defence policy that promises a major cash infusion for the Canadian Forces.

But that spending spree will likely carry little weight and Trudeau can still expect criticism that Canada isn’t doing enough on defence.

by Blazingcatfur•July 7, 2024July 6, 2024•0•"CAF - Canadian Armed Forces", Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, NATO

Harjit Sajjan failed Canada, and Canadians

It was my strategy that held back Xerxes at Thermopylae!

Harjit Sajjan, Canada’s minister of defence during the fall of Kabul in August, 2021, had a lot on his hands as the deadline for airlifting people out of Afghanistan at the end of that month rapidly approached.

His primary “duty and obligation,” as he said in a statement on Thursday, was to Canadians “and those with strong ties to Canada” – in other words, Afghans who had worked for the Canadian embassy, the armed forces or for journalists, often as translators and fixers.

The wages of identity politics and society’s balkanization.

by Blazingcatfur•July 2, 2024July 2, 2024•0•"CAF - Canadian Armed Forces", Afghanistan, WTF?