Michael Bryans

Retired, Public Service Canada

[Michael Bryans @MichaelMebryans]

@eBay Hi @eBay, I accidentally scratched off part of my eBay gift card code while removing the seal. Is there a way you can help me recover or replace it? Thank you.

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@sarahjhtaylor Looking good on Telegram.

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Iran nuclear. A military observation on the Fordow enrichment complex. It is not a missile silo with two officers and launch keys, it is a factory with maybe dozens of techs and monitors coming and going. Wrecking all the entrances could make the place useless--no need for MOABs.

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@Kennedy_School As a MC/MPA 1986 I am so proud and pleased Ms. Amanpour is giving the 2025 grad address.

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@sarahjhtaylor Ouch.

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@CarymaRules Sure. Rae is an awesome fellow and terrific representative of Canada.

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@guyfelicella Who is she? A name please.

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@bruceanderson Was Poliviere channeling Neville Chamberlain from 1938 about Germany's ambition to seize lands in Czechoslovakia? "A quarrel in a far away country between people of whom we know nothing."

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@lrozen Yes. And when you are in doubt, err on the side of caution. I would never have got into trouble for putting stuff on the high side that could have gone lower. But the reverse?!

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@AlexRMcColl @glen_mcgregor Since 2002 Canada has spent a billion dollars developing its supply chain for the F-35. Even now, before the actual purchase of the aircraft, Lockheed Canada is making parts for F-35's sold to other countries including the US. Simply cancelling the purchase is not a simple matter

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@mhmck We've been paying into F-35 development and manufacturing since 2002. For reference see DND doc "Canada's Next Generation Fighter Capability : The Joint Strike Fighter F-35 Lightning II, 2010-07-16" By 2010 probably CAN$1 billion, and that's before announced purchase.

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@mhmck We are likely in too deep. We've been paying into F-35 development and manufacturing since 2002. See DND "Canada's Next Generation Fighter Capability : The Joint Strike Fighter F-35 Lightning II, 2010-07-16" By 2010 probably CAN$1 billion, and that's before announced purchase.

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@PeterHRatcliffe Since 2002 Canada has spent a billion dollars developing its supply chain for the F-35. Even now, before the actual purchase of the aircraft, Lockheed Canada is making parts for F-35's sold to other countries including the US. Simply cancelling the purchase is not a simple matter

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@Chasingharmony1 @liberal_party I have had the same problem. For days. The last response was from the Ottawa-Vanier constituency office: show up at a certain Canada Post office at time certain. I could not manage the trip. So I am out. This kind of gross mismanagement is not good for confidence in the LP.

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@BobRae48 I guess then so am I, Ambassador Rae.

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@stevenchase We are likely in too deep. We've been paying into F-35 development and manufacturing since 2002. See DND "Canada's Next Generation Fighter Capability : The Joint
Strike Fighter F-35 Lightning II, 2010-07-16" By 2010 probably CAN$1 billion, and that's before purchase.

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@ssolyom Canada is likely way too deep with the F-35s, payments and purchase schedules and the like. Canada even makes parts for F-35s and has for years. We bought in early.

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@MarcGarneau Well said sir. The biggest $ expense is capital equipment, F-35s and so on. There aren't enough F-35s for US armed forces. Or submarines or surface combatants. F-35s are CAN$ 120 million a pop--$18 billion for 88 of them. DND paid for 16 in 2024.

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@SarahLouMiller Yes. and the object of much teasing by my father. "Next time we want to put one of Michael's model planes on display check the wing situation."

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@LakotaMan1 I see and respect you sir.