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Originally Posted by HOZ
With the Conservatives offering Liberal-like promises every day now....
I mean they are not far off "A women for everyone!" promise just to sway the Lezbian vote their way.
Line them up!
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12 billion or so!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I have no problem with any of those stories.
The Halifax class frigates hit thier effective required half life refitting about 4 years ago, and the Liberal's chose to ignore it. With the end of the Iroquis command and control destroyers effectiveness in our fleet, the Halifax class frigates will have to be able to co-ordinate information and data on thier own, so they need the upgrades. They also need to do crucial servicing on the engine plants, upgrade the sonar and radar systems and the prepare these ships for thier new helicopters. It probably would have been slightly cheaper if they had done it on schedule.
The arctic patrol ships were part of an election promise to enforce northern sovereignty. These ships are a less expensive alternative to the original plan as well.
The quebec military college should have never been shut down in the first place, it basically lead to an attrition of french officers that are really required. It also helped the local economy which from what I understand is stagnant right now.
On the airforce wing being installed in quebec it will go a long ways in ensuring the proper integration of our incoming air lift capability, it will also speed up the unpcoming retirement and replacement of the CF-18 which are effectively 9 years past thier effective point of usage.
None of these spending points would have been required if the Liberal's and the previous conservative governments would have taken proper care of our armed forces.
As it stands these points are nice, but the military is still facing a severe rustout in the next 10 years without massive spending.
I'm surprised that you didn't mention the 1.3 billion dollar purchase of new Leopard tanks including upgrading in Quebec that was announced about a month ago. These tanks will replace the nearly 40 year old tanks that we're currently using, and have been upgraded beyond thier recommended point of use.