Commentary Canada is ready aye ready for naval combat. In 2033. And for carving the pork starting yesterday. So says DND, our sad acronym for a Department of Defence that doesn’t have a cool polygonal HQ. Or much of anything else. Like sidearms. Or ships. Or soldiers. Or even diversity; recently DND tweeted a photo of their commitment to inclusion showing eight white guys eight north of 40. Oops. In fact, when I said 2033 I was kidding. The Canadian Press says the first of 15 new warships for the Royal Canadian Navy will be delivered “in the early 2030s” rather than “in the mid-2020s” as in the contract-like object signed in 2011. As for the rest, who knows? Which means the delay isn’t just longer than both World Wars combined. It rivals the gap between them. At least the navy has money or thinks it does. Some $60 billion for …
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