It's a sad day indeed. My thoughts go out to those sailors and their families that have been impacted. God knows they did not deserve it.
I firmly believe in Total Quality principles. Do it right, or don't bother. The gov't has once again done something half @$$ed here by buying used, poor product. Shame on them. But do they care? Doubtful. They will spin it in many ways to avert attention to the fact that they skimped and have put Canadian soldiers in harms way... without even being in a conflict.
Sickens me, actually.
A mandate of continual (yearly) acquisition of key components for our military is significantly more appropriate than to wait until we hit a wall and have to "panic purchase" crap like we have. Helicopters, subs, Jeeps.... all of it. Set a plan and budget yearly to acquire new/retire old.
But that might cut into Adrian Clarkson's budget....
What a joke.
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