ValueSubtracted

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At the centre of the plan is what is being described as a "build, partner, buy" philosophy.

This means prioritizing buying from Canadian defence manufacturers. If that can’t be done, the next step will be to partner with allied nations to acquire the equipment, attracting investment and intellectual property rights to Canada.

"Only after exhausting these options will we buy from abroad," Carney said. "Even then, we will ensure that the maximum benefits are returned to Canada throughout the value chain, including through a modernized industrial and technological benefits regime."

The strategy sets the goal of awarding 70 per cent of federal defence contracts to Canadian firms within a decade. In a background technical briefing on Tuesday, senior defence officials said that currently, 43 per cent of federal defence contracts are awarded to Canadian firms.

 

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Yeah, this is already something they can (and do) do under the terms of NORAD.

[–] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 13 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Yes, indeed.

This strategy will include measures to implement unit price labelling so Canada can compare easily in this era of 'shrinkflation,' as well as support for the work of the Competition Bureau in monitoring and enforcing competition in our market," he said.

This would be a welcome requirement in my books.

[–] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 18 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, I don't get where the "appeasement" narrative is coming from.

A lot of the CentrePort initiative has relied on the province being a good export route from the US, though.

[–] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 2 points 4 months ago (3 children)

I don't think it's clear what he means, tbh. I don't see how it could mean anything other than a permanent military presence there, which...isn't currently on the table?

Sure, but I'm not about to absolve the spa of responsibility for what they put out into the world.

[–] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 7 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Can't say I agree with that.

Alexandre Boileau, Groupe Nordik's senior director of marketing in sales, said in an emailed statement to CBC News that the survey was "reviewed in advance" but admits the company "did not apply sufficient scrutiny" to the values-based questions CROP included.

Yeah, I don't know if they're focusing on more geographically spread-out areas, or what.

It sounds like the party is in the toilet, and the PQ is riding high in the polls...

Even a broken clock...

ohhhh now i get it

[–] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 9 points 5 months ago (1 children)

There are probably a lot of lessons that could be learned from Portage & Main.

For the vast majority of the city's population, it was a place to pass through, not a place to exist, and it was absurd to have a city-wide referendum on it (I'm against referendums in general, but that's another discussion). Regional polling consistently showed that the people who actually live in the area supported re-opening the intersection to pedestrians.

The fears surrounding re-opening the intersection were stoked by former mayor Sam Katz for years, in the interest of cheap political points.

Sprinkle in some NIMBY businesses in the concourse below the interesection, and you have a recipe for inaction. Things only changed when they received a $74 million estimate to maintain the underground concourse.

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