In April 2024, the Canadian government released its updated military policy, Our North, Strong and Free: A Renewed Vision for Canada’s Defence. The document allocated an additional $8.1 billion to Canadian military spending, with a promise to increase the defense budget from the current $30 billion to $50 billion by 2029, bringing Canada closer to

A good read on how Canada cultivated its “nice” image at first and how its ghoulishness has now inevitably bared its face.

  • Amoxtli@thelemmy.clubEnglish
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    10 days ago

    Canada does not need a military. In all the years in existence, how many times has it been attacked, and by who? Canada in NATO just makes them a nuclear target by association. Not smart at all.

    • loathesome dongeaterOPAEnglish
      6·
      9 days ago

      Canada does not need a military.

      Need depends on the goals. Specifically the actual goals and not the stated goals. The article addresses your point that Canada earlier did not need a military of its own because of its “military parasitism” as he calls it. They could rely on the American military for their strategic interests. Now that there is a emerging military industrial complex of its own, Canada “needs” a military because Canada is run by those who own these induatries and the existence and expansion of the military will enrich them.