Game on Gents

Canada's Defence procurement policy is to buy whatever system they can get a deal on, then hem and haw for a few years, back out of the contract at great expense by having to pay a penalty, then buy something inferior to what our servicemen and women need.  That guarantees the Canadian taxpayer pays more for less.  Anyone remember the $500,000,000 penalty Canada had to pay when PM Jean Cretin cancelled the contract to purchase 50 EH-101 helicopters, then the Liberals dithered for a decade while the Canadian Navy tried valiantly and at great additional expense to keep the Sea Kings flying?  Now look at the pathetic submarine fleet Canada has spent a small fortune on: the Victoria Class of diesel electric submarines.  Canada paid $427,000,002 for 4 outdated and poorly maintained Upholder Class subs from Great Britain, then had to spend another $98,000,000 just to get them where they were almost safe enough to submerge.  Canada has now spent a Billion dollars on these turkeys.  Leaks and substandard welds have been an ongoing problem with these subs as well as frying electrical systems.  The 4 subs total time at sea amounts to months instead of the years it should be.  

hoadie wrote: IMHO, the F-35 was a bad choice, anyway.

Australia just paid the first payment on the AUKUS deal for subs , wonder if we will be told to go screw soon as well.we recently had 3 Chinese ships circumnavigate the country and sat there and watched . Back here in now back in USof T