The term "analysis paralysis" was invented to describe Canadian military procurement. DND procurement analysts have been known to spend their entire 30 year careers working on just a tiny handful of files, often with disastrous and/or laughable outcomes (see the sleeping bag debacle, as just one recent example). The notion that DND procurement can scale up and spend nearly 4 times their current budget is simply absurd.
Canada urgently needs a strategic review including a longitudinal assessment of defence needs. Without that we are chasing an arbitrary number plucked from the decaying brain of a US wannabe world leader. The actual budget number for Canada to get the "job" (as yet undefined) done might be 6%, 4 %, .. But the important number, as any Condo manager knows, is a forward multiyear projection of spending needs, with a budget plan to meet them. Until we lnow what the needs are, blathering about 5% is a dangerous distraction!
The Public Accounts of Canada back up your point about planning. We often see the military return billions of dollars to the treasury unspent at the end of the year. In Ottawa we call this "lapsed funding." It happens because the department cannot sign contracts fast enough to buy the gear they need. Arguing for a higher GDP percentage is useless if the bureaucracy cannot actually spend the cash.
Peril of individualism? Screw that nonsense!! Canada suffers from the peril of collectivism!
As long as the DEI hiring and practices continue, no-one wants to be in the Armed Forces. And who can blame them? Meanwhile the USA kicked out DEI and suddenly the Department of War was inundated with applications.
The term "analysis paralysis" was invented to describe Canadian military procurement. DND procurement analysts have been known to spend their entire 30 year careers working on just a tiny handful of files, often with disastrous and/or laughable outcomes (see the sleeping bag debacle, as just one recent example). The notion that DND procurement can scale up and spend nearly 4 times their current budget is simply absurd.
Canada urgently needs a strategic review including a longitudinal assessment of defence needs. Without that we are chasing an arbitrary number plucked from the decaying brain of a US wannabe world leader. The actual budget number for Canada to get the "job" (as yet undefined) done might be 6%, 4 %, .. But the important number, as any Condo manager knows, is a forward multiyear projection of spending needs, with a budget plan to meet them. Until we lnow what the needs are, blathering about 5% is a dangerous distraction!
The Public Accounts of Canada back up your point about planning. We often see the military return billions of dollars to the treasury unspent at the end of the year. In Ottawa we call this "lapsed funding." It happens because the department cannot sign contracts fast enough to buy the gear they need. Arguing for a higher GDP percentage is useless if the bureaucracy cannot actually spend the cash.
Peril of individualism? Screw that nonsense!! Canada suffers from the peril of collectivism!
As long as the DEI hiring and practices continue, no-one wants to be in the Armed Forces. And who can blame them? Meanwhile the USA kicked out DEI and suddenly the Department of War was inundated with applications.