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The procurement mechanism is essentially out of line with our soldiers' need for vital defense equipment. For a variety of reasons over the past four decades the system has grown increasingly sluggish and less able to satisfy our national defense requirements. First has been the rise of non-defence goals in procurement, most notably providing social and economic advantages to Canadian society via these acquisitions. Second, a lot of supposed mistakes—like the first canceling of the F-35 purchase in 2012—led to poorly thought out changes. It piled layer upon layer of pointless procedures, therefore diluting individual responsibility, and driving program delays and expenses.Although our current circumstances is not ideal, the CAF of the future—which in fact is already here—should cause great alarm. Reflecting the fast and basic changes our societies are going through because of the convergence of new technology, war is also changing. What I said previously captures a 20th-century perspective on procurement and war fighting. Canada has to turn twenty-first century.One basic factor is the information dominance approach. This occurs in the United States under the Joint All-Domain Command and Control system, or JADC2. This theory basically aims to compile and combine data from all the available sensors, then examine and distribute it to units equipped to influence action. Among all of their services, Canada's main allies—Australia, Germany, the United Kingdom—are using similar strategies and have already fundamentally changed force structures and doctrines. Granally, the connectivity and integration of a platform to current networks and command and control systems frequently define it more than its physical characteristics.

Canada has not changed with this new reality.

Strong, Secure, Engaged did have language that recognized the value of combined intelligence surveillance and reconnaissance for the battlefield, but the Canadian Armed Forces lags much behind its friends in this field. Looking at RPAS, for instance, the focus alignment is obvious. The acquisition gave little thought to how the platform would function in a larger networked environment; its physical capacity dominated all else. It would be like purchasing a top-of- the- line smartphone and just using it for phone calls.In many respects, this change—when it comes—will be a basic one for the department and the government. Its effects will be significant and broad, influencing not only military operations but also system procurement. For some systems, such capabilities driven by software, our development of them will directly impact their military value. To meet unexpected new challenges, procurement strategies must be creative and adaptable, giving our troops fast access to equipments.If there is one point of reference, we must create a theory and plan that unequivocally shows the significance of this developing revolution in conflict. Though ideally this should have happened in the Defence Policy Update, even any degree of direction would be a beginning. Finding these initial principles will help the military, the Department of National Defence, and the government as a whole begin the process of coordinating their ideas around this challenge. That is the absolutely vital first step that has to be done before more reforms may come about.

The warfare of twenty-first century already exists.

It's time our leaders give what that implies top priority attention. We have to let the military field the tools it requires to be successful and operational there. Not less than our security and world reputation are at stake here.Notes provided as evidence before the Standing Committee on National Defence were used to adapt this article. One may access a recording of the remarks here.Federal politics has been blown about by housing policy. Until lately, most people considered housing policy as a local concern. As the housing crisis spreads from Toronto and Vancouver into nearby towns, then much of the rest of the nation, it is now not only a problem but also one for the provinces and currently the federal government.This change struck sitting governments dumbfounded. Everyone knew housing was terrible, but until a few years ago, everyone except the most fervent YIMBYs thought it unacceptable for provincial governments to interfere in municipal zoning decisions. Particularly so was the idea of federal intervention. Senior levels of government have so been floundering about, attempting to find out something—anything—and preferably without disturbing current residents.It began with simple, but useless remedies. Taxes paid by overseas purchasers, first-time buyer subsidies. But feel-goodery and scapegoating were insufficient. As confused governments searched for simpler levers to pull, house prices kept rising. A few years ago, they ran out of those, thus began to create custom policies like the First Time Homebuyers Savings Account.

Political parties and analysts with different. 

points of view agree that we should increase housing starts. That calls more than just a duplex here and there. That means letting multiplexes in most places, apartments in many locations, instead of a few set regions. Since they reflect existing rather than anticipated future residents, municipal administrations have been reluctant to follow these guidelines. This is why senior layers of government must act.On this, the Conservative Party, to credit, was ahead of the Liberals and New Democrats. The team of Erin O'Toole made one major, very brilliant suggestion: strings should be placed on municipal infrastructure transfers should the government be funding them. Let more homes if you need money for public transit. Though it's a blunt instrument, one that might really move the needle.Erin O'Toole's political career came and went, but his successor found great attraction in this strategy. After all, Pierre Poilievre wants to project himself as a sensible man who will cut through the crap and do tasks. For his approach, the concept of using fiscal transfers as a stick to whack disobedient municipalities over the head fits exactly. He so not only maintained the policy but also made it one of his main concerns.