Justin Trudeau hints at boosting Canada’s military spending

I'll believe it when I see it.

 

[dimsum]

I think a big takeaway from the US election is that the people really only care about what is in front of them, and right now it’s high prices and unaffordability. In the Canadian case, it would also include healthcare.

But, I would argue that even if Trump threatens to leave NATO and NORAD, Canadian defence and sovereignty wouldn’t be a big vote-changer. It would spark lots of articles and posts, but any of the major parties can probably slow-roll it and be politically fine.

 

[KevinB]

My guess is the subs will die to buy more stuff from Canada and US production, unless you jump into AUKUS.

2% is the current floor, you guys are living in the parents basement.

 

[Czech_pivo]

My guess is the subs will die to buy more stuff from Canada and US production, unless you jump into AUKUS.

2% is the current floor, you guys are living in the parents basement.

I'm going out on the limb and saying that the subs go through, but, the numbers of F35's ordered goes up, (maybe another 36ish - "Oh, Mr. President, did you know that Canada has the 2nd biggest fleet of F35's after America of course"), the E-7's get confirmed, both in short order. Both of these cover off the Canada-US production checkbox.
Might even see an order for 150-160 Abrahams, so we have a full brigade.

That covers off - Ohio (red state) for the Abrahams, Texas for the F35 (red state) and unfortunately the E7s are out of Washington (blue state) but most go along way with the unionized workers of Boeing.

And Topshee gets his Corvette idea approved, at least on paper.