Summary
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau opposed any deal letting Russia keep Ukrainian land, saying it would encourage other countries to break international rules.
Speaking to a NATO meeting, he highlighted Canada’s $19.5 billion aid to Ukraine and stressed the need to defend global stability.
Trudeau defended his plan to raise military spending to 2% of GDP by 2032 after criticism of Canada’s low defense funding.
He warned against isolating Ukraine, saying continued support is crucial to stop further global conflicts.
If Russia is permitted to annex any part of Ukraine it send the message that they can attack any country and eventually take over parts of it.
If the world does stop Russia from taking Ukraine, Russia isn’t going to stop once they’ve taken Ukraine.
Trudeau is spot on and Canada should ask the Blue States if they would like to be annexed.
Yeah sure, it will go like this:
2025 - blue states join Canada
2026 - red states aka the remainder of the USA face growing unrest as their funding handouts are cut off
2026 - tech companies in the province of Canifornia stop sharing new tech breakthroughs with USA due to posturings by their increasingly expanding military industrial complex and proposed weapon developments
2027 - huge skills drain in USA as health professionals and remaining scientists flee to Canada
2028 - Gilead starts amassing troops and staging ‘special military exercises’ on their border with Canada+1…However, by 2028, the MAGATs will resort to violence on each other to settle their internal disputes.
The population of Canada has only recently surpassed the population of California. Annexing the blue states would be a big meal for Canada to digest
As an American, I’m confused that Canada has less than 2% GDP for military spending. Do you guys just spend all that money back on yourselves? Fucking nice.
I’m assuming it’s because they really only have a single neighboring country, the US. Despite the Fallout games, I doubt that the US invasion/annexation of Canada is even seen as a remote possibility, or something that they could really ever meaningfully oppose were the US to even try it. There’s just no need to maintain a ridiculously large military when you’re neighbors with the country that has the largest military spending on Earth anyways, may as well just spend your money on your people.
We’re annexing them through conservative news sources instead. It’s slower, but quite effective.
Yes it is.
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Fair, we’ll have them dismantling their welfare system in a few years’ time like they were red-blooded 'Mericans all along.
And Mexico spends 8 billion on war a year.
Very nice.
I’m jealous.
Raise the military spend now. Stop kicking the can. We’ve helped, sure, but we need to do more.
Raise the military spend now.
Fuck no, cut the military spending and stop fueling wars.
Canada already spend billions of dollars in war, increasing military budget will only get you more war.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_with_highest_military_expenditures
Canada’s expenditure as a % of gdp according to your own source is pretty weak already. Insisting on having no military spending is hardly a real argument. Also, Canada has a very real stake in ensuring russia doesn’t succeed given those coveted waters you guys have along the northern territories.
Canada’s expenditure as a % of gdp according to your own source is pretty weak already.
Billions of dollars every year. You are feed up on propaganda, if mass media were to tell you that a billion is a big number you would be here complaining but propaganda have you thinking that you are not spending enough.
Insisting on having no military spending is hardly a real argument.
I wonder if you have any clue how these money are being spend.
I’m not Canadian, and the only source of information about Canada’s military spending my statement is based off of is the one you provided.
20 billion
Man, I’m jealous.
His country has universal health care and isn’t wasting trillions a year policing the world like we are.
Our healthcare system has been deteriorating over the last 5-8 years now though with many healthcare professionals leaving the force for higher paying US opportunities. It’s lead to an annoying experience out here for anyone younger than 40 seeking healthcare.
Healthcare is also provincially managed
It’s more to do with the aging population.
Trump will fix that, right?
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“International rules”? Is that a thing?
Theoretically, it has been since the Germans lost WW1
Congress of Vienna was the first time historically I have really read about nation states pearl clutch about “international laws” and “rules based international order”, I might argue that it predates WW1 by about 100 years.
Not really, nobody did anything when Germany had broken the Munich agreement in 1939. It wasn’t until well into the war that UK and France declared it null and void.
I just have to laugh every time I hear people pretend it means anything other than “powerful countries doing whatever they want”.
only if its not israel or us
russia is very much wrong here, but the western hypocrisy of ukraine vs palestine is next level of disgusting.
I agree. I hope Ukrainians abroad step up and go back to defend their country. Working in the technology industry I know there are many Ukrainian men who have left and hold jobs at technology companies. It’s time to go back and fight.
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Then he can pack his bags and go to the front
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The Russian infantry is accepting applications.
I haven’t blocked anyone before in Lemmy, what does it actually do?
It blocks them, but only if you leave a comment saying you blocked them or it won’t work.
It maintains your echo chamber.
Because having a logical conversation on the internet typically changes people’s opinion
Oh my.
US goes to Afghanistan, build bases in Syria, destroy Iraq, police every country in the world. Along with facilitating Israel annex of Palestine and illegal land grab.
Yet Canada is not interested in making any statement.
If Mexico goes socialist for any reason, will see Canadian soldiers in the front line annexing Mexico with the US.
Hypocrisy in foreign affairs are fucked up, and escalating the aggression has no benefit for mankind.
