A Trump presidency could add pressure on Canada's Defense spending

May 26, '16, 8:17 pm

Dwyer Regular Member Join Date: February 26, 2007 Posts: 1,361 Religion: Byzantine Catholic

A Trump presidency could add pressure on Canada's Defense spending Quote: Canada's Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan said Wednesday that meeting NATO's spending target of two per cent of GDP — something that Canada agreed to in 2006 — is still under consideration . . . Canada signed on to meeting that target but that promise looks disingenuous in retrospect. Canada's spending comes in at just one per cent of GDP, or roughly $20 billion a year, a figure that many argue is simply too low to sustain a fine fighting force. Indeed, only five other countries of the 28 in NATO spend less . . . "There is an over-reliance by the alliance as a whole on the United States for the provision of essential capabilities, including for instance, in regard to intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance; air-to-air refueling; ballistic missile defense; and airborne electronic warfare," NATO officials wrote in a recent policy paper on national funding. http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trum...gets-1.3495736 Hopefully, the days of making Uncle Sam write all of the checks for our Allies will come to an end, and I'm hoping the U.S. can use that money for improving the states' roads and water systems. __________________ "It's a free country; you can say whatever you want." --Old American Saying (U.S. Postal Service stamp-- from 1977 Americana series which extols freedom of speech and features a Speaker's Stand decorated with an American Flag shield.)

#2   May 26, '16, 8:38 pm

starshiptrooper Join Date: November 16, 2010 Posts: 1,744 Religion: Troubled Catholic

Re: A Trump presidency could add pressure on Canada's Defense spending If Trump makes good on his remarks about NATO, it will be awesome to watch the Europeans and the Canadians run their welfare states while actually having to be responsible for their own defense. Socialism and the welfare state are cheap when you have a relatively free market country paying for your defense.

#3   May 26, '16, 9:11 pm

Hoosier Daddy Forum Master Join Date: August 13, 2013 Posts: 12,160 Religion: Still Catholic......

Re: A Trump presidency could add pressure on Canada's Defense spending How much could horses and hats cost? __________________ --- Better to be slapped with the Truth than kissed with a lie--------- Russian Proverb Hey, Visit my wife's site and buy yourself some spiffy T shirts! http://www.catholic-threads.com/

#4   May 27, '16, 6:06 am

Crusaderbear Senior Member Prayer Warrior Join Date: July 27, 2015 Posts: 13,369 Religion: Roman Catholic

Re: A Trump presidency could add pressure on Canada's Defense spending They'll have to beef up the Moosehead line to keep us nasty 'muricans out! Canada has the least to worry about of any nation of problems with America! Those crazy democrats will say anything (except the truth...) to win.

#5   May 27, '16, 6:08 am

MaryT777 Forum Master Join Date: November 23, 2012 Posts: 14,344 Religion: Catholic

Re: A Trump presidency could add pressure on Canada's Defense spending Quote: Originally Posted by starshiptrooper If Trump makes good on his remarks about NATO, it will be awesome to watch the Europeans and the Canadians run their welfare states while actually having to be responsible for their own defense. Socialism and the welfare state are cheap when you have a relatively free market country paying for your defense. Well stated....

#6   May 27, '16, 6:14 am

Maximilan Kolbe Banned Join Date: August 27, 2015 Posts: 1,614 Religion: Catholic

Re: A Trump presidency could add pressure on Canada's Defense spending Quote: Originally Posted by Hoosier Daddy How much could horses and hats cost? Don't forget the gold belts and shock sticks.

#7   May 27, '16, 7:45 am

GEddie Forum Elder Book Club Member Join Date: March 18, 2009 Posts: 89,260 Religion: Catholic

Re: A Trump presidency could add pressure on Canada's Defense spending Fine by me. If they want to be defended by the USA, they should merge with it. If not, an additional 1% of their burgeoning economy shouldn't even put a dent in their sparkling welfare state. ICXC NIKA

#8   May 27, '16, 8:17 am

grotto Join Date: March 22, 2005 Posts: 2,894 Religion: Roman Catholic

Re: A Trump presidency could add pressure on Canada's Defense spending "Mom!" "There's a bill collector at the door!" __________________ "What amazed Edward Winslow during the summer of 1622 was how "reasonable men will be led to reason against their own safety." MAYFLOWER by Nathaniel Philbrick

#9   May 27, '16, 8:26 am

Theo520 Regular Member Join Date: August 8, 2014 Posts: 5,540 Religion: Christian

Re: A Trump presidency could add pressure on Canada's Defense spending All this criticism of Trump yet he's the only candidate that is making this an issue. How is wanting your friends to be strong and honor reasonable commitments a bad thing, a sign of fascism. __________________ FACTS MATTER!

#10   May 27, '16, 8:56 am

GEddie Forum Elder Book Club Member Join Date: March 18, 2009 Posts: 89,260 Religion: Catholic

Re: A Trump presidency could add pressure on Canada's Defense spending And if they say no, what is he gonna do, put up yet another wall?

#11   May 27, '16, 9:34 am

twf Regular Member Join Date: May 18, 2004 Posts: 5,802 Religion: Catholic (former Evangelical Protestant)

Re: A Trump presidency could add pressure on Canada's Defense spending Quote: Originally Posted by Hoosier Daddy How much could horses and hats cost? har har The RCMP are the federal police force, not the military. Yes, we were on the right track with the Conservatives for a while there, but with the Liberals in power again, military spending is very unlikely to increase. Back during the two World Wars (both of which Canada joined from the onset, unlike our American neighbours), Canada's military had a real positive impact. Things went downhill in the subsequent decades

#12   May 27, '16, 10:38 am

CHRISTINE77 Regular Member Join Date: June 18, 2008 Posts: 5,906 Religion: Catholic

Re: A Trump presidency could add pressure on Canada's Defense spending Good - one more reason to vote for Trump.