Canada’s not as enthusiastic about that military spending because little of that money goes to Canadian companies. Even for things like shipbuilding, the rules are unfavorable to Canadian industry and a lot of the industrial benefits go to US companies. Canada tried to negotiate industrial benefits on the F-35 program, but it didn’t go well, and Canada entirely withdrew for many years.
A GOP Senator is just a mouthpiece for US industry, they just want more Canadian spend, they don’t GAF about actual defense of Canada.
If anyone is familiar with absolutely massive spending, a republican would know. Canada’s military spending wouldn’t even measure up to the kickbacks.
But, if we’re opening the floor for advice on each other’s spending, I’m gonna get some popcorn for when our turn comes to speak.
US senator asks Canadians to dump Canadian tax dollars into US companies.
We made a commitment to our allies to spend a minimum amount and we don’t. There shouldn’t even be a discussion on this, our military is a joke.
I don’t disagree - not being able to meet the minimum amount agreed on is not sufficient as a country.
But reading the article, it seems those in the actual combined defense meetings between Canada and the US have not commented or raised to the Canadian side their lack of funding. Additionally, Canada is looking to expand the definition of military spending - not sure how much that would actually change our percentage though.
And to call our military a joke isn’t really valid - we do spend a shit ton of money on military. Not anywhere near the US, but we can’t compare ourselves to the worldwide military superpower with 10x our population and 11x our GDP. Canada still places in at 6th in the NATO countries on raw dollar spending.
Bro there’s top brass recently going on record stating outright that Canada would be unable to mobilize for any large operation.
The procurement system takes literal years to get an item. They can’t even process applications, people wait literally 18 months before they even hear back.
Our military is absolutely a joke. A complete and utter joke.
