Kanada will die Abhängigkeit von US-Waffen verringern und plant, die Verteidigungsproduktion zu steigern

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OTTAWA, Feb 17 (Reuters) – Canada, seeking to cut its reliance on the U.S. arms industry, wants to dramatically increase the amount of weapons it buys from domestic firms, according to a defense strategy document released on Tuesday.

Canada currently spends 70% of its weapons budget on U.S. products, a figure that Prime Minister Mark Carney says is too high. The defense strategy says it wants Canadian firms to eventually hit that 70% mark instead.

The United States and other allies have long complained about what they see as paltry Canadian defense spending. Last June, Ottawa vowed to boost funding for the armed forces and hit NATO’s 2% military spending target in the 2025/26 fiscal year, five years earlier than promised.

„In this uncertain world, it is more important than ever that Canada possess the capacity to sustain its own defense and safeguard its own sovereignty,“ the document said.

Over the next decade Canada plans to lift government investment in defense-related research and development by 85%, boost defense industry revenues by more than 240%, increase defense exports by 50 per cent and create up to 125,000 quality new jobs, the strategy says.

In the wake of U.S. President Donald Trump’s move last year to impose tariffs on key imports from Canada, Carney said Ottawa was looking at whether to cut a proposed purchase of Lockheed Martin F-35 fighters and buy other jets instead.
A promised review into the F-35 deal was due to be wrapped up several months ago, but has been delayed.

Last December, Canada agreed to join the European Union’s Security Action for Europe initiative, which will give Canadian defense companies expanded access to the European market.

Literally threatening to annex Canada, literally said their plan was to weaken Canada economically to make it easier to annex Canada, any country doing business with the US is enabling this.

World needs to wake up, we need to end the petrodollar, nobody should be supporting a regime of racist fascists.

Sounds extremely optimistic. Canada doesn’t have the military industry to support it through, not without massive military budget and decades of MIC development.

Military budget in South Korea and Japan is almost twice of Canada, and both have massive MIC in house, yet they don’t achieve anywhere 70% of indigenous weapon. If we count pure indigenous design and supply, not like US cooperation like Maya class or Sejong class ships.

Also politically would future government continue the support? It’s been almost 20 years and they haven’t even finalized the next fighter jet purchase.

About time!

Democratic countries can’t wait to stop buying from US military manufacturers thanks to President Wet Wipes.

I’ve already written the PM and Defence Minister recommending that they take Ukraine up on their offer to joint produce drones in Canada. We should be making a preposterous number of drones for Ukraine, as doing so makes us a far harder country for someone to try and annex. Nothing says „you should go the fuck home“ to an invader like a 50,000 dollar military drone taking out a multi million dollar tank.

I don’t really have any objections to increased military spending in Canada, but I’d also like to remind people that social programs should be a part of defense spending. It does us no good if we’re spending money on new gadgets and gear, only to find out that our population is increasingly becoming radicalized and (in the case of some Albertans) treasonous.

I approve of that move.

Cuts reliance on us ties, then goes on to rely on another country. It would take takes decades to build up a functional defense base that even rivals some other large powers.