Matt and Jen: A suggestion to announce your next On The Line guests before the conversation (when possible) and allow for subscribers to submit questions that you can ask your guests. This is, IMO, a great value add with minimal added effort.
Just to be certain, B-, I interpret your comment to mean that anti-Semites won't vote for Pollievre.
I am REALLY okay with that; I don't want anti-Semites anywhere near the CPC. The fact that they have infected significant aspects of the LPC and almost entirely control the NDP is just awful - leave the CPC alone, youse guys and gals!
Yes, that’s exactly what I meant. There is no need for him to become popular with NDP and Liberal women because they apparently tolerate and support antisemitism. Canada needs a party that’s absolutely against that.
Jamie Carroll exhibited some of the usual “boys and their toys” condescension towards military equipment requirements that’s often characterized Liberal attitudes since Pearson.
I admit I don’t know how often the RCN refuels on both sides of their supply ships simultaneously, but I can also imagine it could be a valid requirement (take advantage of brief suitable conditions for underway replenishment in the North Atlantic, especially in the winter; tactical advantage of more quickly refueling your task force and getting back on station.). I don’t think that’s going to have driven $2 billion in development. I can imagine a pile of engineering substituting North American materials and equipment for European stuff. Having worked on global projects, something as simple as cable of a specific rating and gauge can flummox you because it’s just not available on your continent. Still, I suspect another factor could be the inadequate project management that Matt’s military source talked about. Weak project management fails to contain schedules and costs, and can easily balloon your budget and schedules.
There were a couple of other points where Mr. Carroll talked about how a new procurement office would crack heads and provide the military with what they need. That doesn’t augur well, because Canadian military procurement is littered with examples of stupid procurement decisions made by bureaucrats who thought they knew best, starting with the infamous Ross Rifle of WW1. Its also led to substandard kit like the plastic magazines for C7 rifles that used to constantly jam because they weren’t meant for constant re-use, and chronic parts shortages for aircraft because of unrealistic planning. The list goes on and on. It also could mean that Carney is going to repeat another classic Liberal trick of canceling the new fighter aircraft for political reasons and pick a cheaper, non-American, and inferior plane from Sweden.
I had hoped for some pushback on the guests discussion on the “success” of the TMX pipeline. For one, he seemed pretty dismissive of the substantial cost overruns. Second, he painted the pipeline a success because it generated substantial revenue for the government of Canada and it narrowed the spread between the price of Canadian oil (WCS) and US oil (WTI) and “that was the point of it”.
Leaves me with two questions:
1. Since when is it the responsibility of Canadian taxpayers to narrow the spread between WCS and WTI?
2. How much revenue has the pipeline generated for the Canadian government and how does it compare with the cost to build it? My suspicion is that it will prove to be a very poor return on the investment of tax dollars. I would be delighted to be proven wrong but the cynic in me thinks the project would have been completed by the private sector if the return profile was attractive.
It may seem irrelevant about the already built pipeline, but my larger fear is how Dr. Carney seems to think that government “investing” in similar projects (mainly directed by him personally) is going to be a panacea for an ailing economy. Colour me worried.
The PQ will demonstrate, beyond a doubt, the contradiction that is Confederation. Paul St-Pierre-Plamondon has already hooked up with the Alberta separatists and, along with the BQ, who effectively rule the country, will all work against Dr. Carney.
Matt and Jen: A suggestion to announce your next On The Line guests before the conversation (when possible) and allow for subscribers to submit questions that you can ask your guests. This is, IMO, a great value add with minimal added effort.
Pierre Pollievre has an antisemite problem. For some reason, they won't vote for him. I'm okay with that.
Just to be certain, B-, I interpret your comment to mean that anti-Semites won't vote for Pollievre.
I am REALLY okay with that; I don't want anti-Semites anywhere near the CPC. The fact that they have infected significant aspects of the LPC and almost entirely control the NDP is just awful - leave the CPC alone, youse guys and gals!
Yes, that’s exactly what I meant. There is no need for him to become popular with NDP and Liberal women because they apparently tolerate and support antisemitism. Canada needs a party that’s absolutely against that.
Consider the position of the sponsor for the first part of the podcast.
Regardless of protestation to the contrary, CUPE is a great place for closet, or not, antisemites.
https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/kinsella-twisted-anti-israel-ideology-has-cupe-ontario-members-concerned
I skip through the ads 😂
Jamie Carroll exhibited some of the usual “boys and their toys” condescension towards military equipment requirements that’s often characterized Liberal attitudes since Pearson.
I admit I don’t know how often the RCN refuels on both sides of their supply ships simultaneously, but I can also imagine it could be a valid requirement (take advantage of brief suitable conditions for underway replenishment in the North Atlantic, especially in the winter; tactical advantage of more quickly refueling your task force and getting back on station.). I don’t think that’s going to have driven $2 billion in development. I can imagine a pile of engineering substituting North American materials and equipment for European stuff. Having worked on global projects, something as simple as cable of a specific rating and gauge can flummox you because it’s just not available on your continent. Still, I suspect another factor could be the inadequate project management that Matt’s military source talked about. Weak project management fails to contain schedules and costs, and can easily balloon your budget and schedules.
There were a couple of other points where Mr. Carroll talked about how a new procurement office would crack heads and provide the military with what they need. That doesn’t augur well, because Canadian military procurement is littered with examples of stupid procurement decisions made by bureaucrats who thought they knew best, starting with the infamous Ross Rifle of WW1. Its also led to substandard kit like the plastic magazines for C7 rifles that used to constantly jam because they weren’t meant for constant re-use, and chronic parts shortages for aircraft because of unrealistic planning. The list goes on and on. It also could mean that Carney is going to repeat another classic Liberal trick of canceling the new fighter aircraft for political reasons and pick a cheaper, non-American, and inferior plane from Sweden.
I had hoped for some pushback on the guests discussion on the “success” of the TMX pipeline. For one, he seemed pretty dismissive of the substantial cost overruns. Second, he painted the pipeline a success because it generated substantial revenue for the government of Canada and it narrowed the spread between the price of Canadian oil (WCS) and US oil (WTI) and “that was the point of it”.
Leaves me with two questions:
1. Since when is it the responsibility of Canadian taxpayers to narrow the spread between WCS and WTI?
2. How much revenue has the pipeline generated for the Canadian government and how does it compare with the cost to build it? My suspicion is that it will prove to be a very poor return on the investment of tax dollars. I would be delighted to be proven wrong but the cynic in me thinks the project would have been completed by the private sector if the return profile was attractive.
It may seem irrelevant about the already built pipeline, but my larger fear is how Dr. Carney seems to think that government “investing” in similar projects (mainly directed by him personally) is going to be a panacea for an ailing economy. Colour me worried.
Can we please refer to Mark Carney as Dr. Carney?
He earned the title and we should respect it.
The PQ will demonstrate, beyond a doubt, the contradiction that is Confederation. Paul St-Pierre-Plamondon has already hooked up with the Alberta separatists and, along with the BQ, who effectively rule the country, will all work against Dr. Carney.