[Craic] FW: Costs for fighter jets and warships

[Greg Gillis]

Thank you David, this is powerful stuff that the Canadian public needs to
be aware of, this kind of defense spending is obscene especially in the
face of the housing crisis and the state of first nations on reserves
without clean drinking water and proper schools.  Puts the lie to Truth and
Reconciliation by the Liberal Government.

Greg


On Wed, Feb 24, 2021 at 10:51 PM David Walsh via craic <
craic at lists.integralshift.ca> wrote:

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> This email talks about the crazy high costs of  the planned fighter jets
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> David
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> *From:* nonewfighterjets at googlegroups.com
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> See www.nofighterjets.ca
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> *Sent:* February 24, 2021 10:38 PM
> *To:* nonewfighterjets at googlegroups.com
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> See PBO’s warship estimate here:
> https://www.pbo-dpb.gc.ca/en/blog/news/RP-2021-040-C--cost-canada-surface-combatants-2021-update-options-analysis--cout-navires-combat-canadiens-mise-jour-2021-analyse-options
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> The PBO is estimating $77 billion for the warships. This is about the same
> cost as the fighter jet report. See the PBO’s infographic here.
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> Also, the costs don’t  include other costs i.e. for offsetting the carbon
> emissions of the new fighter jets. Including these other costs are where I
> think we can make an important distinction and a valuable contribution from
> the pure PBO and Auditor General economic reports.
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> As well, this week the PBO released a report that said it will cost $15
> billion for the federal government to meet the Jordan Principle and
> compensate First Nations communities for lack of social services. That is a
> perfect hook for us – spend $15 billion that the court mandated for First
> Nations communities not fighter jets:
> https://www.pbo-dpb.gc.ca/en/blog/news/RP-2021-038-M--compensation-delay-denial-services-first-nations-children--indemnisation-retards-refus-services-enfants-premieres-nations
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> PS re  the warships – I started protesting them in 2012! See this:
> http://www.demilitarize.ca/ I created this web site nine years ago, but
> haven’t had the chance to update it.
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