Good to see we got past the knee-jerk screams of "traitors".

Look, I don't disagree on the principle of Canada developing scary enough hedgehog spikes. The question is how do you do that. IMO, what Ukraine and Iran have both proven is that we are now in the era of drone warfare, where small powers can punch way above their weight by leveraging cheap hardware and applying pressure in the right spots. This actually aligns perfectly with the kind of warfare doctrines that the Canadian forces have traditionally been very good at (semi-guerilla tactics basically).

I would be 100% for a defense posture that prioritizes civil defence, and training the population to resist and fight any kind of US adventurism with drones and guerilla tactics. The great thing about it is that it could also double-use for climate resilience. But I am not convinced that the kind of big defense spending the Liberals are pushing for are in that direction. Instead they are pushing for an export oriented arms industry, that absolutely feeds in a "military keynesianism" kind of escalatory posture.

At the same time, the best way to not lose a war is not fighting one. And I am just not seeing Carney actively working to de-escalate the global situation. For example, what the actual fuck is he doing supporting the war in Iran? What the actual fuck is he doing by insisting on supporting the one major destabilizer in the MENA region, Israel?

EDIT: Oh and the article goes into quite a bit of depth about potential corruption and grift opportunities.