I'll believe it when I see it.
Bill Blair about why Canada won’t spend 2% on defence:
Blair says he couldn't sell cabinet on meeting 'magical threshold' of NATO target
Defence Minister Bill Blair says he couldn't convince the Liberal cabinet that Canada's government needed to meet NATO's spending target in its recent defence policy update.www.ctvnews.ca
Also, there is no point throwing money into a department of the government that is designed to be systemically disfunctional.
"Trying to go to cabinet, or even to Canadians, and tell them that we had to do this because we need to meet this magical threshold of two per cent. ... Don't get me wrong. It's important, but it was really hard convince people that that was a worthy goal, that that was some noble standard that we had to meet."
I honestly feel like this was why Anita Anand was punted to TBS.
She was said to have been far more persuasive (adamant) about meeting the 2% marker than Blair was, mainly because she has a future in politics, maybe even as Leader of the LPC.
Blair is headed to pasture soon, so he was the easier mark for bad policy.
Yet Anand never really said much in public. At least Blair, for all his faults, has been quite vocal of late.I honestly feel like this was why Anita Anand was punted to TBS.
She was said to have been far more persuasive (adamant) about meeting the 2% marker than Blair was, mainly because she has a future in politics, maybe even as Leader of the LPC.
Blair is headed to pasture soon, so he was the easier mark for bad policy.
Again, because he doesn't have a future to worry about. He was damaged goods coming into the MND role as it is. He can be as vocal as he wants, without consequece, but also without clout because no one cares what he has to say.Yet Anand never really said much in public. At least Blair, for all his faults, has been quite vocal of late.
Dolt!!!How about because all of NATO, INCLUDING our dolt of a prime minister, agreed that everyone should.
Worst government that I can remember - and I lived through all of Pierre and Jean's regimes.
Bill Blair about why Canada won’t spend 2% on defence:
Blair says he couldn't sell cabinet on meeting 'magical threshold' of NATO target
Defence Minister Bill Blair says he couldn't convince the Liberal cabinet that Canada's government needed to meet NATO's spending target in its recent defence policy update.www.ctvnews.ca
Also, there is no point throwing money into a department of the government that is designed to be systemically disfunctional.
I honestly feel like this was why Anita Anand was punted to TBS.
She was said to have been far more persuasive (adamant) about meeting the 2% marker than Blair was, mainly because she has a future in politics, maybe even as Leader of the LPC.
Blair is headed to pasture soon, so he was the easier mark for bad policy.
Yet Anand never really said much in public. At least Blair, for all his faults, has been quite vocal of late.
"Trying to go to cabinet, or even to Canadians, and tell them that we had to do this because we need to meet this magical threshold of two per cent. ... Don't get me wrong. It's important, but it was really hard convince people that that was a worthy goal, that that was some noble standard that we had to meet."
To be fair, I think dysfunctional government can be applied to all of North America. And some of our western European allies as well.I’d kind of enjoy watching Canada get kicked out of NATO.
So all of the GoC…
Not disagreeing there, but Canada’s apathy towards National Defence is fairly unique for a G7 nation.To be fair, I think dysfunctional government can be applied to all of North America. And some of our western European allies as well.
Not disagreeing there, but Canada’s apathy towards National Defence is fairly unique for a G7 nation.
We are ONLY a G7 country because the US wants us there to counter the Europeans - we are NOT there because we act like we belong there or deserve to be there.Not disagreeing there, but Canada’s apathy towards National Defence is fairly unique for a G7 nation.
Both Pretty Boy Justin (and friends) as well as Pierre Polyester have no intention of seriously increasing the defence budget, otherwise they would now be informing the public of the true seriousness of the threats posed by China, Russia and their axis-of-evil buddies. Canada has no equivalent of Winston Churchill to sound an alarm. Hell, even Neville Chamberlain realized at the 11th hour what Nazi Germany was up to. Our leaders will wait till it’s almost midnight and then cry out, “Hey, America, help us…those guys on the other side of the world aren’t playing fair…they’re…UN-CANADIAN!”Not disagreeing there, but Canada’s apathy towards National Defence is fairly unique for a G7 nation.
Hard to disagree with that!Not disagreeing there, but Canada’s apathy towards National Defence is fairly unique for a G7 nation.
Are we even a G7 country anymore?We are ONLY a G7 country because the US wants us there to counter the Europeans - we are NOT there because we act like we belong there or deserve to be there.
We're # 10 in GDP - but China, India, and Brazil are ahead of us so we rank in the G7 but as #7. We are only a smidgen behind #6 Italy. Russia comes after us and Mexico after them.Are we even a G7 country anymore?
I know we are considered a G7 nation, but in practical & real terms...are we?
Well, given that the G7 is essentially a “club”, we’re one until the club decides that we’re not.Are we even a G7 country anymore?
I know we are considered a G7 nation, but in practical & real terms...are we?
Considering Mexico, a country with widespread poverty & a massive cartel problem, recently overtook us as America's largest trading partner...I'm starting to have my doubts that we are still in that club.
Part of what made us a G7 country is our natural resources, the extraction & development of which Justin has targeted & has allowed to die slowly ever since he came into office...
That's true but it's a club based on quite different values than merely defence issues. In fact, I'd say that defence is well down the list of other economic, cultural, even climate issues. Remember that for a while it was the G8 with Russia included. In 2014 the G8 didn't expel Russia when seized Crimea but merely suspended membership. Russia decided to walk on its own in 2017. There are constant talks to expand the membership rather than contract it.Well, given that the G7 is essentially a “club”, we’re one until the club decides that we’re not.
Unsure of #1, Agree with #2, Doubt #3
Idk what that logo is trying to accomplish, but the right part of the logo does look like pixel art of a middle finger