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Royal Canadian Navy pitches $60 billion submarine purchase, say defence and industry sources
But that price tag could climb to $100B as military equipment procurement programs are rarely on budget, say industry sources
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Every serious country has their Head of Government camping in the Head of State's cottage while the HoG official residence is falling apart with dead rodents in the wall. This is surely how all the G7 countries do it.
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Once-prestigious 24 Sussex full of rodents, carcasses, National Capital Commission says
After 60 years of mounting repairs, the commission moved the final group of staff out of 24 Sussex Drive last year for health and safety reasonswww.theglobeandmail.com
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Royal Canadian Navy pitches $60 billion submarine purchase, say defence and industry sources
But that price tag could climb to $100B as military equipment procurement programs are rarely on budget, say industry sourceso.canada.com
This an ongoing embarrassment that many successive governments - of various colours - have been guilty of.
Just because it is a pitch doesn't mean the batter will swing, or even notice.
The problem is, within our system, defence spending is treated as discretionary. The current government could say 'sure, go nuts', knowing full well that they will never have to pay the bills. Even the millions that would be spent in development work, only to be curtailed, never seems to deter governments from deciding that 'Canadians have determined there are other priorities'.Yep. But it's a good test to see how much rhetoric matches resources. The number seems huge. But $60-100B over 25-30 years is less than 1% of the current federal budget.
I thought the reason why Trudeau moved to Rideau Cottage and promised to never live in 24 Sussex was to give cover to fund the needed maintenance to the latter without opening himself to accusations he is building himself a palace.Every serious country has their Head of Government camping in the Head of State's cottage while the HoG official residence is falling apart with dead rodents in the wall. This is surely how all the G7 countries do it.
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Once-prestigious 24 Sussex full of rodents, carcasses, National Capital Commission says
After 60 years of mounting repairs, the commission moved the final group of staff out of 24 Sussex Drive last year for health and safety reasonswww.theglobeandmail.com
That could have been the public line, I really don't recall. My uneducated guess was he remembered what the place was like when he was growing up there.I thought the reason why Trudeau moved to Rideau Cottage and promised to never live in 24 Sussex was to give cover to fund the needed maintenance to the latter without opening himself to accusations he is building himself a palace.
An example of why I say we're not a serious country. Fear, driven by partisanship, is so high, that we will literally allow the places our leaders stay fall apart. It's ridiculous.
Yep. But it's a good test to see how much rhetoric matches resources. The number seems huge. But $60-100B over 25-30 years is less than 1% of the current federal budget.
This is the same country that spilled ink for weeks on a $20 glass of orange juice.The best part of that saga is that we probably don't even end up saving any money by allowing a property to fall into disrepair. The appearance of saving money is more important than actually saving money and providing literally the PM of the country a secure location to live and work. This is symptomatic of a country that knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.
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The best part of that saga is that we probably don't even end up saving any money by allowing a property to fall into disrepair. The appearance of saving money is more important than actually saving money and providing literally the PM of the country a secure location to live and work.
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This is the same country that spilled ink for weeks on a $20 glass of orange juice.
This is the same country that spilled ink for weeks on a $20 glass of orange juice.
But no party in power really cares what happened before it (except to assign blame) or happens after it. 'I'm spending/ not spending money now because it is the right thing to do'.The best part of that saga is that we probably don't even end up saving any money by allowing a property to fall into disrepair. The appearance of saving money is more important than actually saving money and providing literally the PM of the country a secure location to live and work. This is symptomatic of a citzenry that knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.
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I maintain that the issue of "live and work" is a factor that complicates it. The building at 24 Sussex is purely a residence (with a relatively small banquet capacity). The PMO and Executive offices are downtown in the (former) Langevin Block across Wellington from Parliament Hill. I assume there is also some space in the Centre Block. This is in contrast to buildings such as The White House and 10 Downing which are only partially residential.
I could be all wet, but if the building was also the workplace of PMO and PCO staffers, particularly any that are unionized, I am fairly confident the building wouldn't be in such bad of condition. When it is just a residence, the only impacted people are family and a handful of household staff and cops (who might not even work out of the inside of the building).That's a borderline pathological distinction - considering the expectation of PM being a 24/7 position.
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