Canada moves to 2% GDP end of FY25/26 - PMMC

[ueo]

What about snowcrete

Umm H20 avail?

 

[GK .Dundas]

It is a proud political tradition practiced by all political parties that everyone promises big and constantly under delivers.
It goes back as far as back as Confederation
I suspect even farther back then that.
It's a sad political truth that while you can not win an election on defense issues you can lose one on them however.
Neglect of our National Defence isn't a Liberal Party thing or Conservative Party thing all who are united in the belief that nothings too good for our troops. 🫩
Mind you that hasn't stopped either political party from using the troops as backdrops for political tub thumping....

 

[KevinB]

Defence spending both is and is not a political issue in Canada. I don’t think it’s fair to get upset at the Liberal Party in isolation as non of Canada’s political parties have ever put money where their mouth is.

I think there has been an awakening in Canada recently as to exactly how volatile the world is, and Canada is woefully unprepared.

 

[Jarnhamar]

What worries me, is that this pivot is just a reaction to DJT and his presidency. And if DJT loses the midterms and then crashes in the next election every things will go back to 2023.

I'm thinking the same. Trump's erratic behavior scared Canadians and the government wisely took advantage of that. Without the boogeyman in place Canadians will get comfortable again with big brother USA protecting us.

I don’t think it’s fair to get upset at the Liberal Party in isolation as non of Canada’s political parties have ever put money where their mouth is.

Definitely not. Once operations in Afghanistan largely ended public support quickly fell away and the Conservative
government began emphasizing fiscal restraint, balanced budgets, and domestic issues instead of major new military reforms, purchases, and making good on stuff we were still waiting on.

I think there has been an awakening in Canada recently as to exactly how volatile the world is, and Canada is woefully unprepared.

Hopefully. I think time and distance is still going to come to play and we're still pretty detached from what's going on on the rest of the world.

Just like Trump scared us into spending money on defence, we might need a few more big scares to really hammer the point home.

Canadians supporting gun confiscation while bragging about kicking Americans ass and making them pay for every inch of ground taken (in an invasion) in blood shows me we're still in la la land.