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Iran nuclear. A military observation on the Fordow enrichment complex. It is not a missile silo with two officers and launch keys, it is a factory with maybe dozens of techs and monitors coming and going. Wrecking all the entrances could make the place useless--no need for MOABs.

@Kennedy_School As a MC/MPA 1986 I am so proud and pleased Ms. Amanpour is giving the 2025 grad address.

Christiane Amanpour, one of the world’s best-known and most respected broadcast journalists, will give the 2025 graduation address at Harvard Kennedy School ken.sc/4ijxx40

@sarahjhtaylor Ouch.

@CarymaRules Sure. Rae is an awesome fellow and terrific representative of Canada.

Any interest in hearing Permanent Representative of Canada to the United Nations Bob Rae deliver a twenty minute speech at an Elbows Up TO event? Lots of Trump talk. #cdnpoli #Toronto #ProtestMania

@guyfelicella Who is she? A name please.

WARNING CANADA 🇨🇦‼️ Retired Conservative Senator on Pierre Poilievre - "I'm afraid for the country" We should all be concerned.

@bruceanderson Was Poliviere channeling Neville Chamberlain from 1938 about Germany's ambition to seize lands in Czechoslovakia? "A quarrel in a far away country between people of whom we know nothing."

Poilievre referred to Ukraine as a "far off distant land". It was the coldest shoulder he has yet turned to Ukraine. This is deliberate (to ping his base) but amounts to a green light for Putin.

@lrozen Yes. And when you are in doubt, err on the side of caution. I would never have got into trouble for putting stuff on the high side that could have gone lower. But the reverse?!

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@AlexRMcColl @glen_mcgregor Since 2002 Canada has spent a billion dollars developing its supply chain for the F-35. Even now, before the actual purchase of the aircraft, Lockheed Canada is making parts for F-35's sold to other countries including the US. Simply cancelling the purchase is not a simple matter

@glen_mcgregor With 16 F35As ordered, to cancel would mean walking away from billions. That said, we should have over 120 jets. A reduction in the F-35 order to around 44 for specialized fighter-bomber/SEAD squadrons while 88 Halifax-made Gripens focus on NORAD/NATO air policing would work.

Defence minister Bill Blair, on CBC, just said the government and DND are examining whether they will acquire all 88 F-35 fighter jets on order, or whether “other investments” might be better for Canada. “We are being compelled to look at options.” Wow.

@mhmck We've been paying into F-35 development and manufacturing since 2002. For reference see DND doc "Canada's Next Generation Fighter Capability : The Joint Strike Fighter F-35 Lightning II, 2010-07-16" By 2010 probably CAN$1 billion, and that's before announced purchase.

@mhmck We are likely in too deep. We've been paying into F-35 development and manufacturing since 2002. See DND "Canada's Next Generation Fighter Capability : The Joint Strike Fighter F-35 Lightning II, 2010-07-16" By 2010 probably CAN$1 billion, and that's before announced purchase.

Canada is in the same position as Portugal, with F-35s on order. Also, the United States is threatening to annex Canada and has not ruled out the use of armed force. Canada should cancel the F-35 contract and buy Gripens from Sweden or Rafales from France to replace our CF-18s.

@PeterHRatcliffe Since 2002 Canada has spent a billion dollars developing its supply chain for the F-35. Even now, before the actual purchase of the aircraft, Lockheed Canada is making parts for F-35's sold to other countries including the US. Simply cancelling the purchase is not a simple matter

Never buy combat aircraft from an enemy that can disable those aircraft at will. It’s a trap in a future world war. The threat potential that the US is indeed Canada’s enemy is off the charts high. Cancel the F-35 and buy Eurofighters. Canada fits that supply chain well.

@Chasingharmony1 @liberal_party I have had the same problem. For days. The last response was from the Ottawa-Vanier constituency office: show up at a certain Canada Post office at time certain. I could not manage the trip. So I am out. This kind of gross mismanagement is not good for confidence in the LP.

Fellow Liberals, have you had issues voting in the Liberal leadership party race? Neither my husband nor I can vote despite following all steps and providing all necessary documentation. @liberal_party

@BobRae48 I guess then so am I, Ambassador Rae.

@stevenchase We are likely in too deep. We've been paying into F-35 development and manufacturing since 2002. See DND "Canada's Next Generation Fighter Capability : The Joint Strike Fighter F-35 Lightning II, 2010-07-16" By 2010 probably CAN$1 billion, and that's before purchase.

Would cancelling Canada's $19-billion purchase of the American F-35 fighter jet be an unfair "disproportionate" response to the Trump tariffs?

@ssolyom Canada is likely way too deep with the F-35s, payments and purchase schedules and the like. Canada even makes parts for F-35s and has for years. We bought in early.

Canada must break the F-35 contract and source new planes elsewhere.

@MarcGarneau Well said sir. The biggest $ expense is capital equipment, F-35s and so on. There aren't enough F-35s for US armed forces. Or submarines or surface combatants. F-35s are CAN$ 120 million a pop--$18 billion for 88 of them. DND paid for 16 in 2024.

Anyone who promises to bring Canada’s defence spending to 2% of GDP by 2027 (that’s 2 1/2 years) does not understand military procurement (and it can’t be done just through well-justified military salary increases).

@SarahLouMiller Yes. and the object of much teasing by my father. "Next time we want to put one of Michael's model planes on display check the wing situation."

Right, be honest. Raise your hand if you’ve ever stuck a part on, let the glue dry, and then realised it’s incorrectly placed and had to take a precision cutting tool to it to correct it. My hand is raised - a wing, of all things… placed upside down while trying to multitask…

@LakotaMan1 I see and respect you sir.

I grow tired of saying this. So, this will be the last time — are you able to see me?