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    US-Botschafter: Kanada ist bei den Verteidigungsausgaben jetzt der „Ausreißer“ in der NATO

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    1. FancyNewMe on

      In Brief:

      * The United States’ ambassador to Canada, David Cohen, says Canada is becoming “the outlier” in NATO following a bipartisan letter from 23 American senators calling on Ottawa to meet the two per cent of GDP defence spending target.
      * “At the end of 2024, the way projections are looking, Canada will be the only country in NATO that is not spending at least two per cent of its GDP on defence and does not have a plan to get there,” Cohen said.
      * “Canada has moved within NATO from being a bit of an outlier to being the outlier in the entire alliance.”
      * In Canada’s recent defence policy update, Defence Minister Bill Blair outlined plans for nearly $8 billion in spending for the Canadian Armed Forces over the next five years. However, this would only bring Canada’s defence spending to 1.76 per cent of GDP.

    2. Socialist_Slapper on

      It’s time to squeeze the Canadian leadership hard.

      If Trudeau refuses to obey, then a few options could be:

      1. Require Canadians to obtain visas to visit the US
      2. Cancel NEXUS
      3. Domesticate manufacturing

      Note that if Canada were to then impose a visa requirement on the U.S., then the economic sanctions could start.

      The bottomline is that Canada will obey.

    3. Drifty_Canadian on

      “At the end of 2024, the way projections are looking, Canada will be the only country in NATO that is not spending at least two per cent of its GDP on defence and does not have a plan to get there,”

      Our DND and Procurement Canada are drooling thinking of ways they can completely fuck it up and overspend on procurement in order to get it above 2%. We have a not spending enough money problem and completely mis managing what we do spend when it comes to the military.

    4. bosscpa on

      Hey, doesn’t the world know we have a plethora of domestic pork barrel government projects to fund? How else can we keep our bloated public service afloat?

    5. EvacuationRelocation on

      If Canada increases their spending to 1.75 percent of GDP (as is planned), that would place them at the average level in NATO if all stays the same.

      I think that’s reasonable.

      I’ll also point out that the ambassador did not say Canada was “now” the outlier.

    6. maliciousmonkee on

      I actually don’t want our tax money to line the pockets of the U.S. défense companies.

      Would be better if the West focused on achieving energy independence from Russia and other antagonists so that the foundations of these regimes collapse.

    7. djinndjinndjinn on

      There are 13 countries not meeting the target. It’s been that way for a long time. However countries in Europe have a growing self interest to ramp up defense spending. Canada much less so. But Canada should honor its commitments.

    8. HeavenInVain on

      Are they going to kick us out of NATO? Probably not

      do we need to spend some money on things like cyberwarfare, a decent nuclear sub program. Of course we do

    9. Horace-Harkness on

      Remember when the Conservatives were in charge?

      > Canada’s defence spending represents approximately 1 per cent of GDP, while NATO expects its members to spend closer to 2 per cent.
      In 2015, Canada’s military budget is set to shrink to $2.7 billion below what it was 2011.

      https://www.ctvnews.ca/mobile/politics/stephen-harper-no-big-defence-spending-spike-despite-nato-request-1.1988698

      The Liberals aren’t going to make the target, but are on track to nearly double what Harper was doing. And they haven’t cut once. Poilievre will only return to cuts and excuses if elected.

    10. ILKLU on

      We should ramp up the spending to the agreed upon 2% but use that money to build domestic military drone production facilities. Utilize our educated workforce to design and build advanced semi autonomous drones for both surveillance and attack, as well as anti drone technologies. Then sell globally to allies.

    11. chaseonfire on

      If I’m not mistaken the 1.75% doesn’t include the submarines we are likely to buy in the near future. It could help push us near the 2% goal.

    13. skookumchucknuck on

      What exactly is the definition of foreign interference?

      And where are the 135 F-35’s that we ordered over a decade ago?

      These seem like reasonable questions.

    14. Warm_Tap_2202 on

      Well I’m so sorry we are putting our finances towards illegal 🚫 immigrants

    15. Brave-Landscape3132 on

      Without even buying new equipment, there’s tons of money that could be spent on defense. Not enough to boost up to 2%, but enough that it’ll look like we’re doing something.

      – building on base housing
      – revitalizing existing buildings based on GoC green energy initiatives (net zero buildings)
      – improving road networks on bases by adding bike lanes, sidewalks, roundabouts, and pedestrian friendly areas. Most bases that I’ve been to are very car centric
      – improving plumbing, sewers, and powerlines
      – improving existing heating plants

      These improvements alone would require billions of dollars

    16. Born-Relief8229 on

      Ramp up the spending by increasing the wages. Men and women who ready to protect our country deserve the best!

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