<div dir="ltr">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.<div><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><font size="2">Greg</font></div></div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Feb 24, 2021 at 10:51 PM David Walsh via craic <<a href="mailto:craic@lists.integralshift.ca">craic@lists.integralshift.ca</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Century Schoolbook",serif">T</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Century Schoolbook",serif">his email talks about the crazy high costs of the planned fighter
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<a href="mailto:nonewfighterjets@googlegroups.com" target="_blank">nonewfighterjets@googlegroups.com</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>See <a href="http://www.nofighterjets.ca" target="_blank">
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<p class="MsoNormal">See PBO’s warship estimate here: <a href="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" target="_blank">
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</a> <u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">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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<p class="MsoNormal">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
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<p class="MsoNormal">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:
<a href="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" target="_blank">
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</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal">PS re the warships – I started protesting them in 2012! See this:
<a href="http://www.demilitarize.ca/" target="_blank">http://www.demilitarize.ca/</a> I created this web site nine years ago, but haven’t had the chance to update it.
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