Justin Kaiser 🍁⚓

Mi'kmaq Canadian (@Sipeknekatik) | Naval Warfare Officer (@RoyalCanNavy) | Former Marketing Strategist // Views are my own.

[CityNews Toronto @CityNewsTO]

#UPDATE: Canada's economy tops forecasts with 2.6% growth in third quarter https://t.co/ceuwfvSwh2

[John Ivison @IvisonJ]

New Canadian military plan will grow reserves to 400,000 | Ottawa Citizen https://t.co/cN9CNFlDth

[Bundeskanzler Friedrich Merz @bundeskanzler]

As NATO Allies, we and Canada want to expand our transatlantic defence and to make our economies stronger and more secure. We are doing this out of a sense of profound conviction. Welcome to Berlin, @MarkJCarney!

[CBC News @CBCNews]

Prime Minister Mark Carney has announced that the field of contenders for Canada’s new submarines has been narrowed to two bidders, including Germany’s TKMS and South Korea’s Hanwha Ocean. https://t.co/Z0K1CENP7T

[Justin Kaiser 🍁⚓ @JustinKaiser]

$50k in lump sum recruitment bonuses are great, but here’s an idea, provide them tax-free if deposited into a FHSA instead of the members bank account. Let’s set CAF members up for success in buying their first home and also tackle the housing shortages. #cdnpoli

[Mackenzie Gray @Gray_Mackenzie]

PM Mark Carney has announced the details of the CAF pay raise at CFB Trenton

Members will be given between a 20%-8% raised depending on their rank, there will be an up to $6k pension bump and a $50k sign bonus for jobs with critical staffing shortages #cdnpoli

[General / Générale Jennie Carignan @CDS_Canada_CEMD]

Compensation and benefit improvements for @CanadianForces members and families coming over the next year:
✅Military Factor Adjustments and Service Pay
✅Recruitment, Instructor, and Domestic Ops Allowances
✅Posting and Imposed Restriction Benefits Update
https://t.co/Q72LM3j1CS

[🇨🇦 Policy Hawk @CDNPolicyHawk]

Every Conservative: Carney should repeal the digital services tax.
Carney: *Repeals the digital services tax*
Every Conservative: How dare you?

[🇨🇦 Policy Hawk @CDNPolicyHawk]

"The Canadian military’s Cyclone helicopters weren’t flying for 27 days in May due to a lack of spare parts, and only one of them is now able to take to the skies."

I'm a broken record on this, but it's time to write off this fleet and buy a replacement.

https://t.co/P44wBsp8ji

[Mid-Career Army Officer @MidOfficer]

French Army: building mobile 3D printing labs to produce 10 drones every 3 hours.

Canadian Army: Buying $25,000 drones off a standing offer that takes 3-6 months to deliver.

If the challenge is to evolve or die, then we have clearly made our choice.

[Mid-Career Army Officer @MidOfficer]

The Dept of National Defence can only spend $5M on equipment before it must ask another gov dept for help.

Anything over $10M is a 'major capital project' that has a 16 year average delivery time due to red tape.

Next Federal Cabinet must demand immediate foundational change.

[Mid-Career Army Officer @MidOfficer]

Every 🇨🇦 government promises to reform defence procurement. Somehow we've only added red tape.

We simply cannot reach 2% GDP without dramatic changes & risk acceptance. Our model requires 4 seperate ministries to spend >$100M. This insanity has to end or outcomes won't change.

[Mid-Career Army Officer @MidOfficer]

If you're paying attention, now would be the time for Treasury Board, PSPC, ISED & even DND to stop fucking around and urgently procure military equipment & invest in domestic ammo production.

Stop fetishizing over process and just start spending the damn money - take the risk.

[Will Greaves @WillWJGreaves]

Police don’t get to ‘lose faith’ in their democratically elected leaders. They follow their oaths, enforce the law, and shut up about elected politics.

[Mid-Career Army Officer @MidOfficer]

Screaming into the abyss that huge improvements to defence spending could be made with the stroke of a pen:

-Change the minor capital project threshold from $10 to $100M

-Change DND's contract authority from $5 to $100M to match the MND's $100M expenditure initiation authority

[Mid-Career Army Officer @MidOfficer]

The challenge here is that Canada's defence procurement system is so broken & risk adverse that the only way we'll be able to increase spending is on salaries, operating expenses, travel & professional services. Watch - we'll double the budget without buying a single capability.

[Matthew Nouriel @MatthewNouriel]

It took the US over 10 years to take out Osama bin Laden.

It took Israel a year to take out haniyeh, sinwar, Nasrallah, deif, and others, and to bring Hamas and Hezbollah to their knees.

Maybe the US should stop trying to limit Israel from achieving its goals and take notes.

[The Mossad: Satirical and Awesome @TheMossadIL]

The IDF successfully eliminated the most evil butcher of modern times DESPITE pressure from the world not to enter Rafah.

It's not enough that the world congratulates us for the elimination. You must say you were wrong.

Here's @Erin_Molan with her usual burst of moral clarity.

[Dave Mazur @RCNintheUSN]

Way to go @HmcsYellowknife - now that’s some great news.

https://t.co/fBDkSBGn7y
@RoyalCanNavy @CDRmagazine @CdnNavalReview @GoBold_Podcast @Lookout_news @EsquimaltMFRC

[Israel ישראל @Israel]

October 7th was the day the music died for so many of us, but we WILL dance again 💙

Shabbat Shalom