BATRA’S BURNING QUESTIONS: Canada not pulling its financial weight in NATO

Toronto Sun Editor-in-Chief Adrienne Batra talks with Sun political columnists Brian Lilley and Warren Kinsella about the consequences of Canada not paying it’s share of military spending as a NATO member.

[@huggybear3098]

Not pulling their financial weight in Canada either!

[@01mustang05]

It's all a part of people harming people for enjoyment! This so-called way of life is a fraud and/or a scam that keeps going because next to nobody cares enough to end it for an actual reasonable way of life that everyone needed long ago! But are you too harmed to even realize this ugly truth, let alone help stop this horribleness for an actual reasonable way of life that also has to be realized?

[@voiceofreason7856]

Yeah, Trudeau's far too busy sending BILLIONS of dollars to the Ukraine war. I'm sure Biden loves that. Canadians don't. Like you, we're stuck with Trudeau for likely about 16 more months. At least you get your chance this year to be rid of Biden.

[@HavendaleBlvd80]

More paid in interest on the the debt than our entire Healthcare system doesn't leave much over.

[@Muljinn]

The drums of war are beating and Trudeau thinks it’s a dance party…

[@craigquann]

@Muljinn nailed it. We're lead by the clown prince of pied pipers!

[@-Ordinary-Average-Guy]

Maybe we can get a loan from Ukraine or the four useless battery plant companies Trudeau is giving $55 million to.

[@black_triton9264]

😂

[@black_triton9264]

You misspelled "LGBT street party"

[@grandmufftwerkin9037]

@@Muljinn He's wearing his fully sequined Aladdin costume.

[@user-nb8eb1gv6l]

Common sense. We need an election now

[@nunavutmanful]

So why did he just commit millions more for Ukraine?

[@justicewarrior9166]

48g for indigenous how he will pay ???

[@fastfootedone]

it's infuriating that we're all losing a ton of money to the money-laundering scheme in Ukraine.....

[@MadM_333]

Because he's an idiot.

[@lloydkuepfer1599]

Because a thug is stealing their land

[@nunavutmanful]

Well, in a hundred years,we will be forgotten, but JT will be taught in schools of how dictators wore makeup

[@NoOne-ze7fv]

He just keeps giving away money we don’t have while Canada is circling the drain!

[@01mustang05]

Money comes from nothing! And it's mainly used to keep this sick & life ruining control & rule scam going, instead of becoming actually reasonable. Wish you could understand this or could have figured it out for yourself.

[@CarlingOV]

Trudeau wants to destroy Canada, we are a "post nation state", his words. You do this by flooding country with foreigners and bankrupting the country.

[@Oddworld2024]

What are you referring to. What’s your context to this comment … or just on the “I hate Trudeau thing to do” that most seem to be at in their heads. Easy to bash him but most go on hear-say and not Facts. Saying same comments said millions of times before and think they are being clever. Even if there are some facts said. Hating someone’s a bit much he’s just a leader not a deity who’s suppose to be perfect. No one person is the right one to rule over everyone. It’s many people making decisions folks not one.

[@Oddworld2024]

There’s not ever going to be one person for me to make all the big decisions. And will always come down to many having to come to a conclusion that makes sense. But I suppose if one needs a representative. But You can’t agree with everything one person will ever say and do. We are all different and people forget this.we say things different see things different and live life different. There’s laws in place for safe reasons and others all of which are to better us not control.. some controlling laws must be for real reasons. It’s considered when passing laws and or changing them as we learn more about one another this will also change laws and rules and regulations. We won’t ever live in some set way of life and must find some kind of common goals for our future to thrive. Everyone’s.

[@westcoast_canuck1926]

What don’t you understand about how global security secures our economic stability? Educate yourself…

[@TheJasperlife]

Trudeau is so embarrassing

[@BIGFOOT-BC]

TRUDEAU needs to be put in prison for life. That would give him time to think about how he has destroyed one of the best countries in the world, and the anger that hard working Canadians have towards him.

[@Enderwaveslay]

Canada sucks!

[@iamwesterncanadian570]

Get the Americans to say if Canada doesn't change the government. By 2025, they will no longer be allowed in the G7 and kick Canada out of the U. N. The world is fed-up with the Trudeau government. The conservatives with get us there, the Liberals will put Canada in danger. I hope all these Irresponsible voters from Toronto in 2015, are happy with what they've done to our country. Canada looks so different now with all the free loading immigrants, doesn't it.

[@martinezrondon]

Freeloaders will free load…. That is our PM

[@seanhiggins2740]

But that's exactly what NATO membership is all about: outsourcing one's defense to the US for free.

[@chucksurgeonertribute2113]

U.S. already steals enough from the world with their so called world reserve currency.

[@trenchtroll467]

What about the Chinese troops training in Canada. Rebel News did a story on this. The USA was not happy

[@westcoast_canuck1926]

Where? Not happening…fact check please.

[@fastfootedone]

@@westcoast_canuck1926 call your god -- -CNN

[@trenchtroll467]

@@westcoast_canuck1926 i said Rebel news did a story about it

[@trenchtroll467]

@@westcoast_canuck1926 kzbin.info/www/bejne/h5ytinSQjKqIb5Isi=7HR_7aaCrSfr79Vx

[@trenchtroll467]

@@westcoast_canuck1926 use google

[@shelleybruce7806]

Could Canada get the 2% if trudeau stops giving our money away?

[@whiskeytango9769]

Ramp it up to 4% and cut EI and welfare to pay for it. Let people join the military if they can't find a job.

[@Some826]

@@whiskeytango9769agreed 🎯

[@dalebayley1095]

Draining our money for control of the people.

[@knowwhey7559]

We've been under 2% since 1991. Mulroney started it during the last few years of his office. No government since then (Conservative or Liberal) has brought it up to 2%. You're being manipulated by people with an anti-Trudeau agenda.

[@eddobond76]

​@@whiskeytango9769 No,you have commy mentality, JFT needs to take care of Canadians first.

[@whiskeytango9769]

I hate it when the government decides what spending details the military will have. WTF do they know about it? All the government should be doing is setting the mandate for the military, such as...effectively protecting our vast coastline. Then it would be up to the military to create the plan and the material requirements to fulfill the mandate. Then the government provides the funding. We are so screwed as a country.

[@grandmufftwerkin9037]

Under Justin's tenure the CAF has experienced existential personnel collapse.

[@01mustang05]

The CAF has always had horrible people in it! Harmed people almost always harm people! And harmful people have & are harming people generation after generation! - so much so that the ugly truth escapes most people like you!

[@derek89273]

His witch hunt has killed it as well.

[@paulmcmurray5777]

Better idea is to withdraw from NATO & properly use the 2 percent to fund the CAF. Canada need to withdraw from the gang promoting nuclear confrontation.

[@Shack1963ify]

Cancel funding to the CBC and redirect those monies to the military would be a good start.

[@Curlyblonde]

Who will be there to lolly-gag over Trudeau and ask him pansy questions to entertain us?

[@laurag7295]

Yes it would

[@whiskeytango9769]

As a country, most of us are too fat, dumb, and comfortable...and we vote Liberal because he has nice hair. Maybe we need some hardship to smarten us all up. We are getting what we deserve now from Trudeau.

[@boarhog1979]

WE?

[@voiceofreason7856]

@@boarhog1979 I was just going to say " Speak for yourself" too !

[@whiskeytango9769]

@@boarhog1979 It's the Royal We. ;)

[@lynyrddeville]

I never voted for him I do not deserve the fallout from his idiotic policies. Do not make us pay for your stupidity in voting these clowns in. How about YOU deserve what YOU get. The rest of Canada can do without idiots that blindly vote for this party no matter what the cost for EVERYBODY

[@boballen3055]

Your absolutely correct 👍 The public sucks Politicians reflect the public’s stupidity

[@georgemcelroy1472]

Neutrality Period. We Are Pathetic.

[@cindy-mq6pl]

Canada 🇨🇦 will be easily overtaken from within. Turd’s immigration policy has brought in massive amounts of certain ethnicities.

[@boarhog1979]

20-30 yrs from now the baseball diamonds will be cricket fields

[@SS-gq2zp]

Yes agreed. Rubbish. Come to Canada and adapt to the culture, don't change Canada for a certain ethnic

[@stephenstaeger1888]

Let's spend all our money on EVs.

[@Some826]

Canada also signed $400 million dollars to unwra . Defund unwra and give to our own military

[@01mustang05]

Did you delete your other comment... "@Some826 1 minute ago Pay of fair share Truduh"

[@laars0001]

Trudeau leans to the aide of terrorism support, what's his cut of that, 20%?

[@DavidBale-vn4op]

No place for Shira in Canada

[@halhirst2624]

Get out of UNDRIP as well.

[@ulayee9927]

Gee you sound like the orange turd from behind our southern border. No country pays anything to NATO. NATO member countries make a commitment to spend 2% of country’s GDP on their own defence.

[@stephenstaeger1888]

That's embarrassing.

[@MOONSHIPETH]

More Tax Capital gains at 67% and then you pay PST, GST & carbon tax = 80%+ taken in tax depending on the province.

[@bobby5678-ck2tc]

In Quebec it's more than that as we are taxed double from provincial and federal plus they tax our work which is why i work under the table i keep 100% of my work instead of giving up 50% to the government then the rest on housing etc when our hospitals and every other service gets worse and worse i will not give my money to that no thanks.

[@whiskeytango9769]

Point of clarity: The 67% gains tax means that 67% of the capital gain will be subject to tax rather than 50% of the gain. This is NOT a 67% tax on capital gains. To be clear, I think that taxing capital is idiotic, but I thought we should be clear on what is being taxed.

[@derek89273]

Add on this money has been already taxed at source and has paid interest on it.

[@boarhog1979]

@@whiskeytango9769 It's half of the 67%

[@laurag7295]

​​@@bobby5678-ck2tcwe in Ontario are taxed the same way, you are no different

[@Fred-sy5sg]

What the hell are you talking about we gave Ukraine billions and billions of dollars while I can't even pay my bills, give nato your own paychecks.

[@halhirst2624]

LOL. I understand your point. There is enough money. The government just needs to stop using their ideological liberal math and spend money on what needs to happen rather than contracts to pointless endeavors, slimy lobbyists, pandering to special interest stuff etc etc etc.

[@sapporoichiban3612]

@halhirst2624. Yup, like that generation squeeze charade. Check that one out.

[@-Ordinary-Average-Guy]

Trudeau just needs some time to figure out how to fleece Canadians out of more money without skipping a beat when it comes to giving Zelensky more money for a lost war.

[@derek89273]

He’s said on record that his climate change spending is part of the 2%. SMH 🤦‍♂️

[@rickbaker8188]

My BS detector just went off while reading your comment.

[@donman9154]

​@@rickbaker8188: Then you need a new one - obviously yours is broken...

[@sapporoichiban3612]

@rickbaker8188. Richard, how ya doing buddy? Still getting whooped up on the comment section I see. Please, tell us all how it is bs? The numerous blocked investigations and violations are just a mirage, right Ricky? The fact that it is a matter of record that we are sending piles of cash to Ukraine while our servicing cost for our debt is far more than what we spend on healthcare is probably just me experiencing it differently, right Richard?

[@grandmufftwerkin9037]

Will Justin contract the People's Liberation Army to protect us? 🤔

[@01mustang05]

You clearly fail to find fault in your inability to stop Justin & yourself from letting & causing this life ruining control & rule scam to continue, instead of practicing an actual reasonable way of life. But now that I point this out are you too harmed to tell this & too harmed to tell how harmed you are & why?

[@grandmufftwerkin9037]

@@01mustang05 Engrish?

[@01mustang05]

@@grandmufftwerkin9037 Too harmed & too corrupted to even speak even half decent I see. SMH To those who can understand... you are needed to stop the harming & worse of innocent & helpless children! We must agree on what actual reasonableness is & figure out a way to get at least most of the majority to choose actual reasonableness instead of perpetuating this life ruining way of life for enjoyment; yes? ______ @grandmufftwerkin9037 39 minutes ago @01mustang05 Engrish?

[@Dajjal-2030]

Canada is not pulling it's own weight for Canadians. Thx trudeau. If canada pays 40 million Canadians $100,000 per yr it will equal $4 billion. Foreign aid should be the last thing canada needs to worry about. We didn't ask for war or be taxes out the a$$ to support a inevitably losing battle..

[@individualhumancanadain]

I can't look at this guy the same after he said he helped get Biden elected

[@trenchtroll467]

Me too!!

[@kenmcrae8591]

It's a good thing that Trudy didn't build a larger military, as he can't be trusted to deploy it responsibly. He'd use it against Canadians, his own people, as we witnessed first hand, during the Trucker's Freedom Protest. Secondly, I stand FIRMLY opposed to our funding of and participation in the current Ukraine war.

[@Curlyblonde]

Trudeau called in the UN Security Special Operations Troops for help to stand against the Trucker Convoy and Canadian citizens protesting peacefully because he didn't trust his own military and police with their loyalties. They wore unmarked military uniforms and hid their identities behind reflective helmets and covered their faces with ski masks. They flew them over from France; the large unmarked military planes were parked at the North Bay Airport. People noticed their arrival and took pictures of them. The government explained their presence as being there for routine maintenance, despite no maintenance being done to any planes. The Special Forces were bussed into Ottawa to dismantle and destroy the Trucker Convoy & the Lockdown Protest. These troops were equipped with batons and rifles and given orders to use deadly force if necessary. They were brutal in their physical attacks on the protesters and independent media reporters who sympathized with the peaceful protesters. All of this ugly truth will be revealed once Trudeau leaves office and people feel freer to talk and reveal documentary evidence of how far Trudeau went against his own people to hold on to power.

[@rainerjaschke5216]

Here is Trudeau once again bringing his clown show to the world stage. Look at me, look at me, it's all about me! Canda is going to buy subs in the very near future, albeit it be at Mr Submarine or Subway. Mr. Trudeau has a tough choice ahead of him, where do you want him to buy subs from? Chrystia prefers gluten free for Subway.

[@CarlingOV]

lets hope the we do not buy more diesel subs from UK that catch fire and sink

[@filmandsong05]

don’t call him mr. turdo! he’s an idiot gawd i hate that guy as do most of my fellow canadians

[@Curlyblonde]

​@@CarlingOV We bought their used rejects without any warranty. We threw good money after bad for false economy.

[@user-xd8sr4qb7j]

Maybe some would believe him if everything he says wasn’t a lie

[@eddobond76]

What Canadians need,we need Trudeau gone, ASAP.

[@hankgiberson2904]

Don’t worry about Quebec separating when Russia takes the north!

[@gTimber1930]

You're so mean. Trudeau's a peace loving man and turning Canada into the best socialist Communist country in the World.(i am throwing up as i say this)

[@Some826]

😂 agreed

[@alwaysright6358]

That's because you have a brain the size of a pea.

[@Curlyblonde]

We have more in common now with Russians & Cubans than we realize.

[@laurag7295]

😂😂😂😂😂❤

[@laurag7295]

Castro would be proud!!!😊

[@smileeveryday421]

What the hell? Help fund a war? While we can't even provide food & shelter for our own!!

[@ianme5]

Here's question for you Ms. Batra: Has Canada EVER pulled its financial weight in NATO? I'll wager the answer is NO.

[@sapporoichiban3612]

@ianme5. Fair question, however, we certainly are in a far worse position now than we have been in the past in so many ways that can be linked to terrible policy.

[@WoWisdeadtome]

Do sanitary napkins in the men's bathroom count as military spending?

[@Enderwaveslay]

Well put more into NATO Protection spending and less Carbon Taxes !

[@laurag7295]

Yep

[@dy6682]

Canada needs to protect its vast northern territories with stronger naval bases. I’m not sure about this NATO commitment. Nobody is talking about the artic!

[@dougsmith7580]

China is.

[@ndenise3460]

We need a northern line of undersea microphones live streamed for "marine mammal study". Subs don't like being listened too, they will stay away then.

[@markgallicano]

Canada's military needs to be treated as an industry not an expenditure ,from R&D to manufacturing and procurement to implantation .We used to do it before and quit sending everything to china and india for manufacturing that money is gone forever ,they don't even like us .

[@boarhog1979]

Military is not sent to China

[@laurag7295]

Yes indeed!

[@logiczchance101]

why is the former secretary there considering that he is no longer in the role? why do they have someone who is not part of nato take the stage with all those leaders? and why isn't the current nato secretary on the stage with all of them? what is going on with those folks?

[@MadM_333]

9 years of shirking responsibilities is finally coming to bite our worst government where the sun doesn't shine.

[@tristen3950]

We should totally increase the pay of anyone that has something to do with the military. And make it easier to join the military, so it’s a very well paying job, that you can get in decently easy so you can feed your family.

[@Caminator952]

even if we had 2% to spend, there are no troops to spend it on lol

[@AlexMcQueen-ce9tz]

I have an interesting question to ask. If at all levels of government , federal , provincial , and municipal they were able to cut the amount of politicians in half at minimum , would we notice the lack of 50% of the politicians ? How much money would we save annually . What could we do with money . Answer one question at a time in order and you will get your answer. The private sector has been doing more with less for years . Perhaps it is time our government does the same

[@Curlyblonde]

Trouble always happens when you have too many cooks in the kitchen. In this case, too much war and too much spending.

[@Unknown-us3ii]

We should be pulling out of it XD

[@tracyallen7020]

Folks India and Russia have been cozy for some time , have you all ignored the existence and growing momentum of BRICS .,???.Some ,developing countries are looking for other alliances and alternatives to the " west:" anf USD for reasons far too externsive to list.,

[@black_triton9264]

Western diplomacy is juvenile and unaware of consequences. Of course, they didn't notice.

[@DavidBale-vn4op]

I thought Modis plea to Putin to stop the fighting was about saving lives of the innocents not the lives of Indian mercenaries fighting for ruzzia.

[@kerrigrandmaison7844]

Back of the bus lol 🤣🤣🤣🌟

[@fastfootedone]

I saw the thumbnail and thought it was a trailer for a new Three Stooges flic. But damn.........

[@mellow-jello]

And what's up with collecting the tax money, and not spending enough to defend our premium water resources & temperal climate. We will find ourselves alone, if the US is preoccupied in existing theatres elsewhere.

[@pixxz4737]

Do a news article on NATO removal of the elected PM in Ukraine in 2014 . Why do you ignore that. WW2 xended in 1948.

[@mikechapman800]

I think Trudeau meant he was going to buy a round of subs from subway.

[@davehowe6734]

All countries not pulling their weight in NATO, should be booted from NATO.

[@pampower2425]

NATO and lack of spending is not new. I’ve heard all the Presidents that Brian mentioned. Now more than any other time in our recent history, we need to spend the expected rate or we may be hard pressed to have the US and allies on our side.

[@brianstott6263]

Canada hasn't been pulling it's weigh since Pierre Trudeau in the 1970s

[@rf7869]

all I can do is Remember what it USED be.

[@matthewlandry251]

We should be kicked out of the g7 purely for the fact of our clown pm. Then bring us back in after his resignation!

[@xtrickster6556]

Enough with supporting others fights. My god. Ridiculous. Canada first and always.

[@user-yf9in9hb3o]

You sound kinda russia 🇷🇺

[@Curlyblonde]

​@@user-yf9in9hb3oAmericans have an addiction to wars that we shouldn't support. Let them fight and pay for them on their own. Maybe they won't be so trigger-happy.

[@robertmerlino2312]

Seems like all things canadian defer to a later date because of budget concerns then pay 100 times as much later on doing what needed to be dine all along😊

[@milesharbord9339]

Poilievre also wouldn't commit to 2% yesterday and given he's the next prime minister, that's a problem.

[@craigquann]

Meet? No, we need to exceed 2%

[@brendastebeleski6168]

Then let the Indian students go to Russia for an education.

[@laurag7295]

You mean, the front lines?

[@jjmanning8621]

Trudeau's an embarrassment. And what do you mean?? We don't even have an army it's a joke

[@ndenise3460]

I' m going to buy new subs.....great we won't have people to crew them. Make it so our members can afford to live without going to the food bank. Then stop giving Irving shipyards 10* the price to build ships, it all goes to Bermuda for"management fees"

[@dorisganz1631]

There is nothing to laugh about those 3 Stooges. Especially the one in the middle.

[@suzy6744]

If you believe Canada, someone has a great property for you to buy!

[@KateKing217]

Sadly, 😢the still photo of PM says it all? Why do we have to contribute to “it”MORE ‼️ How about we realize the pledge is silliness and go back to the drawing board. Then act like the “Peace Keeping” we were once known for ✨

[@robmainville2632]

Trudeau will change that He’ll just come up with an air tax to breath in Canada

[@paulmcmurray5777]

Canada needs to give an ultimatum to all the NATO countries. Pull back to the original boundries of the treaty, when it was started or Canada withdraws from the treaty. NATO is agitating for nuclear war. I also have talked to some employees of the Toronto Sun & they admitted that originally conceived the Sun as a journalistic rag.

[@glennkerrison6108]

NATO's end goal seems to be the formation of mushroom clouds all over the world.

[@MANDAPRORUBENS]

Maybe government needs to expend money for his own people rather than feeding into external lunacies?

[@glennkerrison6108]

Exactly! UN, NATO and W.E.F are all external lunacies we can do without. All of us will be giving up most of our paychecks just to be blown to smithereens or rot away in a nuclear winter. FUCK THAT!!!

[@Kreiger778]

We don't need to meet this %. We're not an army. Just a defence force. It's not important. Better ride on the US train-coat.

[@logiczchance101]

when those ministers met in cornwal some years ago they all suggested that they would be removing their clothes to get naked. how come they have not delivered on this yet?

[@fustin]

Sorry, we’re broke eh

[@ulak7180]

But Canadas is saving the earth climate with carbon tax!

[@laurag7295]

Sigh, yes

[@79stroker]

There was a whole 4 people in the room when our dumbass was talking. Good job justin

[@Car-Ramrod69]

Just gotta get it from primary residences first. Please hold.

[@peterhumphrys]

it is not just the finanacing but our overall state of preparedness to deal with the changes that will be coming in the arctic in particular, I am pretty sure that we can't even defend our own turf let alone participate in a significant manner in coming to the aid of other NATO members in their hour of need whenever that might arise. Probably we need at least 5: of GDP put to defense for the next decade to get us up to speed, the irony of having had a world class army, navy, and airforce when a loyal colony of Great Britain in the world wars and now as an independent nation we are sitting on butts doing very little to address the freight train of troubles coming toward us, is absolutely galling.

[@shelleybruce7806]

Answered😊

[@user-zx9ji9lv8n]

Here we have the 3 off brothers; jerk, jack and wack

[@rf7869]

What is Canada in 2023 ? I have no idea anymore.

[@jamesmcgowan5933]

2.75 naval ships from USA for the price of 1 built in Halifax. Spend money wise

[@thekid46]

Check out the Minsk Agreement!

[@Curlyblonde]

Wonder when Ukraine will apply for US Statehood?

[@trenchtroll467]

Yah but we are funding Ukraine war

[@jacktoy3032]

Former commander of the Canadian Army said, in a presentation at Laval University, that what is top of mind for the U.S. and European NATO allies, is security. He goes on to say that the Liberal government has remained tone deaf to our allies concerns. How soon before the U.S. exert increase economic pressure to show their displeasure? How much patience will our Allies have for highfalutin promises of capability that will not be operational for years yet to come? How long before they demand: Show me the signed contract and proof of a hefty upfront down payment on the acquisition of a new weapon system/capability, otherwise the economic pressure will not fully ease off?

[@kerrigrandmaison7844]

Many soldiers in Canada were recruited by Australia lol

[@kerrigrandmaison7844]

👍👍👍👍👍

[@avfcrb1677]

I wonder where our money has been going to......

[@ronbelanger4113]

Which country is paid up in full?

[@DavidBale-vn4op]

Canadian forces have struggled ever since unification and the days of cf5s. Announcing huge programs that take decades just buys present administration time to waffle.

[@CharlesLambert137]

This discussion is pointless. Until Canadians face an existential threat to their entitled lives they won't vote for a party that makes the required funding increases. It would require cuts to entitlements or tax increases. If the Conservatives go down this path they will lose the next election. Quebec, Ontario, the Maritimes, Winnipeg and parts of BC will not allow it.

[@boarhog1979]

Somebody has to pay the bills. You know when you max a credit cards it has to be paid

[@rf7869]

We are unable to revert to the Past but hopefully we can CONTROL the FUTURE as envisioned by the "Woke Ones".

[@petergreenwood7731]

Protection money If we do not handover money to usamic we will suffer their wrath There is an Italian word for this - ma f ia

[@Wheelsspin.81]

I can't stand Kinsella he's an absolute partisan hack

[@AR-sb5yc]

Absolutely right. He worked for Biden during 2020 elections, and now Kincella betrayed him

[@TimDyck]

Canada ended WWII as a world power, by the seventies the USSR jokingly called us the vicious rabbit. For decades we have ignored our NATO commitments and now our allies are moving ahead without us. We are shut out of the 5 eyes because our government is compromised by foreign powers, we weren’t invited to join AUKUS, we sit at the kids table at NATO… in short we have fallen from a world power to the jester in the court and jesters are easily replaced. As for the Ukraine? Time for peace talks and stop trying to find a way for them to join NATO, Russia will never accept this and the planet cannot afford an all out war between Russia and NATO. US foreign policy led to this mess and it’s time for the world to pressure the USA to stop taunting the bear.

[@tristen3950]

We used to be a power, and now we are so useless. Please can we vote now. And not wait another year and a half.

[@laurag7295]

We sat at the big boy's table when Harper was in power!

[@youtubeviewer8531]

I think that Justin Trudeau should announce that Canada will be increasing defense spending by creating a nuclear weapons and missile delivery system program. That should take spending to 2% of GDP. I wonder what the reaction would be.

[@troysherwood3658]

Ukraine cannot win . They need to get to negotiation table . They never had a chance .

[@edlubitz2968]

Canada spends roughly the same amount on defense as Italy, I dont here people complaining about Italian spending

[@nervosadustbolt9642]

LOL. Everyone acting like Canada is the new Russia.. Everybody!! Dog pile the Canadian's!!

[@DbiPro]

I thought they sent billions lol

[@susancook1250]

How popular would ANY elected official be if spending automatically increases by 40 billion defence. Ask beloved Pierre if he would do this. What would be cut...

[@voiceofreason7856]

Like Harper before him, he would likely cut the over bloated bureaucracy in just about every government department. The federal public sector has been enlarged by between 30 % or 40 % since 2015 when Trudeau was first elected. There is NO reason for it BUT to build his ' voter support base' IN the 'government institutions'. 'Cuts, cuts, cuts !!! ' as Liberals call them - are NOT always bad things when the taxpayer gets some relief from the OVER taxing going on in this country, and a lot of it going to pay 'government employees'.....

[@danielmarchand2150]

What do you expect from a guy that has never work to earn money

[@FionaBlacksecondhandonline]

He looks like a madman

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I hope that Canadians who don't care about this also don't care about losing their freedom when, not if, Canada gets invaded by hostile powers.