Johnny Utah

Formerly #9 for The Ohio State Buckeyes. Loves surfing and meatball sandwiches.

[Holly Doan @hollyanndoan]

Federal payroll costs have grown at average 9% a year, wrote analysts. 428,000 employees on payroll in 2023 compared to 340,461 in 2016.
“We haven’t seen similar improvements when it comes to service.”
— Budget Officer Yves Giroux, Oct 19, Commons government operations committee

[Johnny Utah @jUTAH9]

@JShamess @Alan_LeelaTO Would love to see analysis of profit pool evolution over same period. Suspect that construction firms have held (if not increased) size of their slice. Impressive leverage for them to hold off competition and/or pressure from developers to squeeze margin

[Johnny Utah @jUTAH9]

Have had same thought for years - benefits seem nearly universal. Costs substantial, but as @GinnyRothTO mentions, we spend as much (or more) on more frivolous things. I worry that the impenetrable obstacle to a vision like this is Canadian complacency and indifference

[The Hub @TheHubCanada]

.@GinnyRothTO: How a mandatory year of service for young Canadians could solve our national identity crisis

https://t.co/sLsHUvs1dN

[Johnny Utah @jUTAH9]

@navalassn Canada is already an abject freeloader in NATO (25th of 29 countries for spend as % of GDP in 2022 - only 1.29% vs target of 2%); and yet we find a way to spend $41MM *PER* small vessel for Coast Guard!!

No surprise we get sidelined from strategic initiatives like AUKUS

[Johnny Utah @jUTAH9]

Seems sustainable 😬

[Genevieve Roch-Decter, CFA @GRDecter]

Estimated annualized debt-servicing costs are about 90% higher than they were back in 2011.

[Johnny Utah @jUTAH9]

@DrMichaelBonner How does one join the queue?

[Johnny Utah @jUTAH9]

!!
https://t.co/kP6NrSMdcy

[Johnny Utah @jUTAH9]

Imagine that uncompromising, categorical, and highly judgemental activist perspectives weren’t just ineffective, but also self-destructive 🤯 https://t.co/7oStcGhLM1

[Johnny Utah @jUTAH9]

I worry about what it will take for public opinion to support the investments needed to underwrite Canadian security. Until then, I guess we’ll rely on a complacent cocktail of luck (geography), friends (US), and naivety?

@CurseOfPolitics

https://t.co/aZHCCYr5Ro

[Dan Kelly @CFIB]

While there are some helpful government programs for small firms, most are failures. Often, the tax dollars dedicated to programs get swallowed up by the bureaucracy that runs them & consultants who complete the endless paperwork. But govts far prefer programmatic solutions instead of leaving small business owners with a bit more of their own income to pay for whatever innovation or change they need.

[Down Goes Brown @DownGoesBrown]

Joe Bowen: Do you believe this? Holy Mackinaw!
(long silence)
Jim Ralph, awkwardly: What do we do now?

That's legitimately one of the funniest things I've ever heard on a broadcast, Ralph is a legend.

[Johnny Utah @jUTAH9]

“This hurts Canada’s economy, global reputation and allies, as well as the global environment since countries in need of energy often choose dirtier fuel sources...”

Can someone pls explain the other side of the ledger? https://t.co/vMd4IBZ6Un

[NASA @NASA]

Representing the @csa_asc on #Artemis II to the Moon is @Astro_Jeremy, from London, Ontario.

Jeremy Hansen was a fighter pilot before joining CSA, and currently works with NASA on astronaut training and mission operations. This will be Hansen’s first mission in space.

[Spittin' Chiclets @spittinchiclets]

Cmonn you can’t disallow a Kaner buzzer bomb

[Johnny Utah @jUTAH9]

🤦🏻‍♂️

[Chef Michael Hunter @TheHunterChef]

Same billing period. Same usage, one year later… $45.02 difference per month?! Thanks for punishing me to heat my house in the winter. #carbontax make it make sense. I have a newer furnace and smart home thermostat. Set to 17 celcius at night, 18.5c daytime and 20c in the eve.

[Johnny Utah @jUTAH9]

Canada: “we just confirmed the F-35!! It only took <checks notes> *25 YEARS* since we committed our first $ to the JSF program!” (1997…. Not a typo)

Zelensky: “hold my beer…”

https://t.co/pqxFT03J4o

[Michael Chong 🇨🇦 @MichaelChongMP]

Germany’s newly constructed LNG terminal received its first full cargo from the U.S. today - not Canada.

That’s partly because Trudeau believes there’s “never been a strong business case” for exporting East Coast LNG.

What a missed opportunity.

#cdnpoli https://t.co/Mbhg4wHmTk

[Johnny Utah @jUTAH9]

@DrMichaelBonner Will you wear your schoolboy rowing tie?

[Johnny Utah @jUTAH9]

Unrelated: @the_logic might be a bit rich to call Cdn procurement “fast”; we were objectively 2nd quartile *globally* on speed of roll out. Canada, a G7 country, wasn’t even in the top-50 countries at one point! I’m sure they worked hard, but it certainly wasn’t fast

[Johnny Utah @jUTAH9]

The fact that we were in unprecedented/uncharted territory matters - a lot. But it shouldn’t give an accountable government the right to wish away (egregious) overruns with the wave of a hand https://t.co/dOaWvIhZxE