Feds sign $8 billion preliminary contract for new navy destroyers while Parliament sidelined
Feds sign $8 billion preliminary contract for new navy destroyers while Parliament sidelined
It’s tough for me to understand if this is a necessary expenditure or an excessive waste. On the positive, our allies want us to increase our defense budget and this will definitely put that number up.
It does seem prudent to be able to better patrol our northern waters to guard against internet cable cutting b.s.
I'm hardly an expert, but I think the Navy is in notoriously bad shape, even by Canadian national defense standards.
It is. I would say (in my entirely non-expert opinion) that any naval spending now is worth more than any navy spending later, simply because it gets the ball rolling sooner.
I think we need to have a more robust military, a more resilient supply chain, and more reliable equipment. These frigates have been being planned for a while, dragging it out longer just differs cost, and military capability is built capacity; your military does missions with the equipment is has, not the equipment it will have.
The best time to build these frigates was probably years ago, then we would be in a much better position. The next best time is now.
Are these frigates perfect? Probably not, especially with the newfound unreliability of our historic friend, ally and brother nation the US. Thing is, I don't think there is a perfect solution to this. Plus never let the perfect be the enemy of the good.
Also, we live in a more dangerous world, and Canadian prosperity will suffer. Being a robust partner to our reliable allies and being self reliant on defence will reduce that loss of prosperity. Defence spending should be seen as an investment, or more akin to an insurance policy.
#ElbowsUp
No problem with increasing spending but I do have a problem with the US integration. Time to re-evaluate needs to be taken.