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How Indian special forces rolls in kashmir. -The Shocking Reason Morocco is Churning Out Top Military Talent block.смысла не имеет .

Just for fun,why don't we buy from the French after all the Australians have already paid 80million dollars for design, steel,and breaking the contract, before Aukus.

People interested on why not Nuclear powered sub, maybe read the book by Andrew Fowler on the Australian Aukus deal,and breaking the deal with France.

We need a combined fleet. 3 Arctic SSN’s, 12 Atlantic/Pacific SSK’s. Canada needs to start pulling its weight. Canada don’t rely on the US!

Canadian procurement needs improvement. All the shipyards are maxed out. We need more of everything now which is sad. The national ship building program is great. Unfortunately 1 of those yards, Seapan doesn’t have the room to expand its production. I would insist on the government to build another production centre. FYI, the Korean’s have a shipyard that is over 6 km in landmass. We need to build more more more shipyards. The National Ship Building Program does not accommodate industrial capacity. Canada puts out fires. It does not manage long term strategy.

In terms of recruitment, what efforts are being made to address the spathe of sexual misconduct issues that have been plaguing the CAF? If potential female recruits feel like they would be walking into a situation where they cannot count on their own peers and the chain of command to treat them with the respect, dignity, and honour any military service person should have, how can we expect to recruit them?

only 2 allies have nuclear subs; U.S. & France. The French subs are not as good, the Americans WILL NOT GIVE us their tech because our security does not exist. So we are regulated to non nuclear.

Word Salad! We would be better off to buy 12 NEW Submarines from Sweden.

Canada owns 328.7 billion dollars of USA debt. Now who owes who Trump?

Lots of great information, The relentless hysteria over climate change is sad to hear from otherwise informed people. Repeating the nonsense that the Arctic is warming 4x faster than the rest of the planet is simply ridiculous as is the alarmist claptrap about the mythical “existential threat” People providing expert advice should not be repeating eco calamity doom and gloom disaster porn and pretending it is factually accurate

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Yes, Canada's military is weak. At the same time: Russia and China aren't as strong as you claim.

Canadian foreign policy is dictated to us from the United States because we are,and have been for decades, a vassal of the US. Until Canadian politicians can face up to this fact and finally lead Canada towards a truly independent foreign policy course we are doomed forever as an American satellite. This will include continually spending outrageous amounts of money on American made military materiel and being forced to join American military adventures overseas wherever and whenever they may occur. Ultimately this will likely lead to a nuclear confrontation with either China or Russia or both, started or provoked by the US. This will definitely not end well for any country on the planet.

The one thing I feel confident about is there is a consensus in Canada that defense spending and 2%+ must be done. There's already a commitment to 76 billion for the arctic alone. I totally understand the concerns; I feel like there is a change in Canadians that is unlike anything since arguably the 1930s. Both the Conservatives and the Liberals are guilty of the previous 30 years consensus that made defense the first thing cut on the list. This I think has fundamentally changed.

I'm still not convinced the Federal government is serious about National defense. I still think PMO is lying about spending amount. They say 39 billion I don't see it at that. I think it's more like 26 billion. Just me

Here's a major problem with Trump's communication style. Half of people believe that he has legitimate border concerns and that his severe negotiating style is something that can be reasonably mollified. And half of people do not believe his intentions. It immediately presents itself as a partisan issue rather than one that can simply be argued about and a compromised created. Either way, we should be rearranging such that his weaponized threats are less and less effective each turn of the fiscal quarter.

Oh please/ Noam Chomsky would find fault with God,which he probably doesn’t even have a belief in-

- I agree that the Government(s) Of Canada have been oriented towards policies rater than strategy, not just about the Arctic. In general, strategic thinking in Canada is lacking, because those in charge of such issues are often trapped within an "alliance" mentality and rarely make Canadian self-reliance & sovereignty a strategic goal. Sufficient civic nationalism is more a feature of Canada's common people than its governing elite. - "All domain awareness" is probably the most important feature of Canada's push to secure the arctic. Improved over-the-horizon radar is just some of it; overflights (by satellites, drones or radar planes) and patrol ships is part of it. I do not know if there are undersea sensors around the Arctic archepelago, but there should be, because subs are the kind of threat that cannot be seen if it is under the ice. However, I would say it should not be strictly under NORAD control, but rather under Canada's and allow NORAD to share the info without ceding to the US any control over it. - The Rangers are a great land asset in the North of course, but I think more should be done to integrate them in as a part of the reserve force. I do not see why this aspect of militarization of that force should ever be controversial or looked at as a bad thing; there should be no element of antagonism or suspicion going on, and if there is that is the legacy of disrespect from "the south". - Nanisvik should not be delayed anymore, and with full year operability of the plan to make it a base restored. Of course Iqaluit or something is cheaper & easier, but that is not the point - people who want cheap and easy are the reason why Canada's arctic presence is already so lacking. The distances involved are vast, and if there are hostilities break out, Nanisvik has a positional advantage in covering the highest arctic. Having literally nothing along the 2100 km between Iqaluit and CFS Alert (important place if you are serious about domain awareness & sovereignty), and no ability to take action if there is some threat traversing the Barrow strait, makes the whole idea of presence a joke. It needs a proper airfield to land and take off from, it needs a dock to dock ships at, obviously radar and air defenses are a good idea, but mostly it needs to have people there - all the time! Expensive prospect to build and maintain a proper base there, definitely. Hardship pay for anyone staying over the winter, without a doubt. Might even need to do something drastic like hollow out a mountain to live in. Yet the effort is necessary if we're serious about actually having full sovereignty over all of our own country. I bet that economically speaking, Russia subsidizes the hell out of their Arctic ports and bases; they do it because it is seen as a strategic necessity in the defense of Russia's own territory. For Canada, sending the CAF to guard Latvia or something is an expense we can consider optional. If we are not willing to pay what it takes to defend our own territory, why do we even bother with any expeditionary missions at all? Sorry, Latvia, sorry NATO, and even sorry NORAD - you all come second.

Average 🇨🇦Canadians want national defence to be more important, more money spent on the military, less foreign I terfence etc. but the people in power don’t care and haven’t for years. Pierre may fix some of the issues but he definitely won’t fix all of them, especially with the NDP and Libs countering him anyway they can. We need to change the way things are decided, and involve our 🇨🇦indigenous leaders way more in Ottawa. I’m worried now and for the future. Let’s hope it doesn’t get worse.

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I think the private sector may have some creative and practical solutions for the arctic. Looking at the example of Roshel Brampton produced armoured vehicles rapidly identifying and fulfilling a need in Ukraine. We have the ingenuity and industrial capability within Canada to address the challenges of defending Canada and our allies, but industry needs leadership and incentive. Great podcast, thanks for putting it out there.

This average Canadian thanks you for this podcast; also really appreciate the transcript to re-read. I particularly appreciate Prof Huebert's comments regarding 'three oceans' at 13.48: "..we may think that the three oceans and the US protect us but given the type of weapon systems that we now see associated with both Russian and the Chinese with the intent and actions that they have had [and] the statements of Russia threatening nuclear war on an increasingly, one could almost say, shrill tone, all of this portrays a very dangerous environment..." Prof Huebert has highlighted a key source of many Canadians complacency about all things conflict/military-related and cant be repeated enough. In terms of what we Canadians can do....while I realize we may also not have the next election based on policy -- at all -- Im still prepared to try and ask people like Polievre, and Singh, what their positions on the issue of arctic foreign policy are...i suspect they wont have a position at all but average Canadians need to start talking about it and asking, where other average Canadians see us asking, might at least be a start?

You can't help in the NATO coup of Ukraine to antagonise Russia and then leave your border with Russia unprotected. Harper and Trudeau are fkn mo rons. You lost credibility as soon as you said "unprovoked war in Ukraine". F off and let adults figure it out bud

This new Arctic plan sounds good, but as always we'll have to see if this government (or the next, or the next after that) will actually execute the plan properly. It will require a lot of resources, and no budget whinging that Arctic activity is all subsidized and expensive. It will require a lot of sustained genuine effort from every aspect of government (military & civilian; political, civil service, and scientists; federal, territorial, and indigenous.) And - this might be the hard part - it would require the current crop of petty & sometimes demented political leaders to lay off the dirty tactical bullshit and empty optics, and actually work towards the greater good for once.

Obviously Russia is the most serious Arctic power (which makes sense) and in an acutely aggressive frame of mind (as the west is re: them), but they have their arctic sea route, so I am skeptical of the supposed Russian threat to our Northwest Passage. Under normal circumstances, I think a great point of agreement for all Arctic nations (including Russia) would be a pact to keep all non-Arctic nations out of the Arctic, at least militarily. No tolerance of any military forces in the Arctic from China, India, not even Japan or the UK. (The list of true Arctic nations is a small one.) However, the very open hostilities with Russia and their increasing strategic dependence on China means that idea of Arctic solidarity is unlikely to take place, and the Russians are increasingly likely to be an enabler of Chinese mischief in Arctic waters, beyond just Chinese use of Russian waters for cargo shipping. Canada for its own part should stick hard to the idea of defending what we claim, even against neighbours like Denmark and especially the USA. Historically, it is the USA which denies our exclusive sovereignty over the northwest passage, trying their usual gambit of declaring someone else's waters "international" to give themselves an excuse to make themselves the arbiters of what goes on in it, claiming their "freedom of navigation" is in peril. It's an absurd position they have, trying to claim that waters which run entirely between Canadian islands are not Canadian also, doubly so when one considers that all it means is they would need to ask our permission first and we are not likely to deny it. But that is the Americans' nature whether a D or R is in power; they do not think they should ever have to ask permission from anyone, and they treat allies more like servants. Guys like Trump "muse" about taking over Greenland or Canada or whatever, but behind the rhetoric is the deeper meaning that the Americans are testing to see how much they can take from Canada before we forcefully push back. Canada needs to play the hardest of hardball on this one, and that means even to our allies, making our military and intelligence alliance participation contingent on them agreeing with us on what portion of the Arctic is ours. If they want us as allies they had damn well better act like allies to us first. If we are not getting some tangible benefit out of our alliances and out of our allies, why are we even in such associations? Normal countries give to alliances because there is something that they get, beyond silly rhetoric about a "defense umbrella" or "rules based international order". We have to have an iron will when it comes to defining and defending Canada's sovereignty and interests, without reference to what others might want. No more of this "go along to get along" mentality that has plagued our foreign policy establishment to the point where (as the CDA guest points out) Canada barely has any foreign policy of its own at all. Right now, we have have no common understanding of Canada's own strategic interests that can transcend the partisan circus in Ottawa; it is obscured by the NDP clutching pearls over human rights that no major power gives a damn about, Liberals trying to be everyone's friend and never be decisive about anything, and Conservatives always kissing Washington's ass because they cannot conceive of Canada as a separate country with different values or interests. If they cannot be counted on then someone independent of them, and independent of "alliance" agendas, needs to once and for all define Canadian national interests in a "continuity of government, continuity of policy" sort of way. What Canada needs is a serious injection of strategic clarity & civic nationalism, because how are we going to meet this or any other foreign policy challenge, unless we have a coherent sense of who we are and what we are defending. Once we do that and start to get more assertive about taking care of our own concerns above all, it may require us to get a bit nasty sometimes. Depending how we are challenged, that push-back might risk open conflict, but we must not rule that out (even if it means standing alone). That change in attitude would put the onus on them to respect our sovereignty, and lead to them treating us with more reciprocity. Adversaries will calculate that they cannot intimidate us, our REAL allies will understand our position and show mutual support, and it is only false allies who might grumble over us ending their "something for nothing" assumptions about us. This not about empire-building hubris, or going nuts and trying to godzilla-stomp the world. It is Canada simply refusing to be intimidated or conned anymore, signalling to everyone that we are not an easy mark and will ruthlessly defend our own sovereignty. Canada should be deciding our own policies autonomously, taking a more mercenary approach to dealing with others, and being ruthless and forceful when our sovereignty is challenged. It is not radical or weird to suggest that Canada should prioritize its own survival and interests, just as other nations already do.

This policy is as useful as our Charter of Rights and Freedoms: something the PMO staff use in the lavatory.

There's a simple response to this issue that would have considerable benefits to a northern community and to CAF as well. A reserve training facility near Arctic Bay, train artillery and Infantry reserves there put it predominantly under reserve command to allow for command experience, Run regular force and reserve force arctic training. The Airport could be utilized and partially maintained by CAF. Artic Bay is very close to the North West Passage. This would establish a permanent presents, provide a useful training facility provide some local jobs, increase command experience for reserve officers, and help secure our north. Could be all done with artic trailer systems for housing and so on.

Policy doesn't mean shit. If a country doesn't have the will or ability to defend itself it is no longer a country. Right now we have politicians who have ensured we have neither.

Wait, I was trying to think of things that citizens could do, but it just occurred to me that Arctic research presence also defends our claim up there. So literally by supporting some research projects, I'm paying someone to go up there and wave the flag

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AOPS ships don't have weapons. Coast Guard could patrol Artic with their ice breakers and should do search and rescue as well. All search and rescue.

Canada needs to get serious about National Defense.

Just here to say that all of Chomsky’s predictions at the end were correct. Trump did become POTUS, the Republican Party has majorities in Congress (both House and Senate), and the stage seems all but set for Canada to get hit with a slew of tariffs.

He knew it.

And this man actually spoke about idiocy in the ranks some time ago.

The only very obviously faced by americans is not the loss of democracy, far from it. What it is facing serious shortage today is intelligent leadership. Totally lacking.

Canada is hosting, Indian extremist and criminals and have repeatedly refused to extradite them. This has led to consequences like Kanishka, but Canada don't care about that.

Great discussion - thanks it was timely and it should be stated that Indian agents have been working in the Canadian Sikh community for decades and the book Soft Target as well former MP David Kilgour in his book also referenced Indian agent involvement in the Air India bombing david-kilgour.com/betrayal/chap10.htm

India treat to Canada as terrorist country

Canadian intelligence were accomplice to the air India bombing, they were responsible for killing 200 of its own citizens, they were non white so Canada looked the other way. the culprits were never caught as they would expose the intelligence involvement.

chest thumping Trudeau who was insulting Trump for the last 8 years ..yesterday went running to him and kneeled in front of him even before he took over on the 20th January. Canada is a home for all transnational criminals, its politicians are in pockets of Sikh terrorist who dictate polices and give them a free ticket on crimes committed by Khalistan's ....Canada is an international joke and its experts refuse to acknowledge it and speak the truth. Drugs, immigration scam etc are its economy.

CANADIAN LEADERS ARE COMPROMISED! TRUMP SHOULD BE WELL ADVISED BY TULSI AND KASH ABOUT CANADIAN LEADERS, THEY ARE COMPROMISED, IN THE POCKET OF LEFT WING AND TERRORISTS OUT FIT. US BEWARE!

F**k k-anada 😂😂😂😂😂😂

Does he even know about the Air India bombing?

No mention of Khalistan Terrorism and Kanishaka Bombing of Air India. Former Indian Ambassador to Canada was right when he said Khakistanis are CSIS assets.

Canadian Bull shit on Glabal Scale

Btw I would like Canada to invest in military for its security. So far it's having free lunch thanks to the US and other allies.

This is not discussion. This is a misinformation campaign against global south. All nonwestern democracies are forms of dictatorship for this pompous lot. Just see what damage your misplaced and defective attitude is doing to your society. You are standing with all kind of criminal elements in your society to the detriment of your own people.

He was not a common canadian he was a terrorist who got citizenship even though he was on criminal charges in India, should not compare common canadian citizens and terrorists.

Yea let's allow Khalistani to fund assainstion activities in India and violence in India while Canada condones such actions on the orders from it's masters. Is this action of friendly nation towards India? I'm a Canadian but there is so much clash of ethics in this age.