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Originally Posted by Lubicon
I agree but also place some of the fault with us (voters) for not telling our governments that national defence and security were/are a major priority. Poll after poll shows healthcare spending, education, taxes, economy etc. as the main concerns of citizens and we rarely see security or defence on a list.
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As I stated above, we are incredibly isolationist in a certain sense.
A huge problem, in regards to voter preference, is that often procurement is used as a way of buying votes in the Maritimes, and Quebec.
Bombardier is a huge albatross around the neck of Canadians, and especially, the Forces.
We love to Canadianize off the shelf hardware, but often gain only marginal improvement with accompanying massive increase in costs.
The Iltis jeep is a great example. They cost something like $26,000 if we bought them straight through the German manufacturer. Instead, we bought the designs, and gave the contract to Bombardier who produced them for $84,000 a pop! That's just criminal.