Prairiegentleman t1_j6j2ijg wrote on January 30, 2023 at 6:13 PM

Reply to comment by AppleToGrind in Britain calls for AUKUS expansion by Falls_stuff

Canada is the deadbeat uncle of the family that shows up for Christmas 30 mins late, asks for $20.00, eats in 10 mins, leaves early and then goes on Facebook to say how important family is to them. We're a junk ally.

[deleted] t1_j6kl0db wrote on January 30, 2023 at 11:59 PM

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TROPtastic t1_j6kn600 wrote on January 31, 2023 at 12:14 AM

The Northwest Passage will be an international passage in the same way that the Bosphorus and Dardennelles straits are.

[deleted] t1_j6koqmk wrote on January 31, 2023 at 12:25 AM

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Prairiegentleman t1_j6mx9bp wrote on January 31, 2023 at 1:54 PM

Noone is taking about investing 10 percent here, how about 2? Or 2.2? Enough to recapitalize our dilapidated equipment and infrastructure so our stuff doesn't get people killed. Also, we like our military to be able to do things like participate in international ops or peacekeeping. At our current manning and equipment state, we can hardly manage Latvia, let alone everything else the government seems to want.

monkeygoneape t1_j6jb2a9 wrote on January 30, 2023 at 7:05 PM

Current leadership makes that the case unfortunatly and idiots keep voting of trudeau because "blue party bad, and there's no other options"

Prairiegentleman t1_j6jbgdi wrote on January 30, 2023 at 7:08 PM

This is bigger than Trudeau, as much as I'm not fond of the man's politics. We've been delinquents since at least Trudeau Snr, however one could argue it started with Lester Pearson. Blue party bad, red party bad is one of the reasons our country is sliding to non-seriousness and mediocrity in all things.

AppleToGrind t1_j6k1ys8 wrote on January 30, 2023 at 9:52 PM

One of the first things our country did after Confederation was allow CPR to to bypass the tariff we had against American steel so they could get cheaper materials for the construction of the railroad. Then that very government - lead by John A. MacDonald - became mired a few years later in a bribing scandal. MacDonald had to resign in disgrace. He came back later and got re-elected funnily enough.

So the cancer and rot at the heart of Canada began long before Trudeau the First or Lester Pearson. It started right at the top from beginning.