Introduction Canada will soon be going to the polls to elect a new government. The choices are going to be, a continuation of the same policies and promises as we have had for the last nine years, a continuation of the same government with promises of new policies and promises or a different government with…
Oct 20 2023 – Bill Blair announces purchase of Canadian Military Combat Support Vehicles (MCSV). Of course, Blair and every Liberal MP knows that Liberal supporters are simpletons. In Liberal speak, Military ‘BAD’, so the military vehicles on display are ambulances. Ambulance ‘GOOD’. Ambulances of course save lives. They are not like BAD military equipment….
Canada and other nations are suffering a significant reduction in recruitment and retention of personel in their militaries. Canada’s authorized regular force strength of 67,000, currently has more than 10,000 positions unfilled. Canadian Army, Lt. Gen. Joe Paul, admitted his soldiers are feeling squeezed. This is due to a current shortage of personnel coupled with increased demands both…
Sovereignty True Sovereignty for Canada will require both independence and the correct Alliances. Independence would require Canada to be truly independent of foreign influence including and maybe, specifically U.S. influence. It would require that Canada’s governing bodies recognize and reject Canada’s tradition of bending to the influence of the U.S. and the myth that Canada’s…
Churchill Manitoba – Gateway to Canada’s Future All but ignored by Canada’s federal governments for decades. Churchill is a key to Canada’s future. The government did recently help repair the lone railway line to Churchill. But only after the old rail line was washed out cutting Churchill off from civilization for years. And yes in…
During the remainder of the 21st Century, Canada must address f0ur major issues: Military Security, Social Security, Population Growth and Immigration, Independence, and Trade Diversity. Failure to address any one of these issues will result in a Canada void of one or more of her current world advantages. The worst case could mean loss of…
We at ‘Notes from The North’ came across two articles on the BBC website, “Is North America’s Arctic vulnerable to Russia‘ and ‘ Trudeau strikes deal to stay in power until 2025’. The connection between these two stories is that until 2025 nothing of value is going to take place in Canada’s north. At least…
Trudeau said the money saved by scrapping the F-35 procurement would go primarily to increasing spending on the Royal Canadian Navy. Just watched an interview with Canada’s Minister of Procurement, Filomena Tasi re Canada’s purchase decision to buy F35s. She certainly didn’t give reasonable answers to questions about how we wound up with an aircraft…
NDP resolution to Abolish Canada’s Military – An article by Robert Smol – Toronto Sun This once there may be some common ground between ‘Notes From The North’ and the NDP. Not that the birdbrained idea of abolishing Canada’s military has any level of sanity, particularly in the current world environment. Since Mr. Smol did…
Trudeau, who currently is as popular as a rat at a picnic, wants to ensure that we have to endure him for another 4 years. Desperately he is making a deal with the NDP. This will ensure that the overriding policy for the next four years will be spend, spend, spend based on an NDP…