• Archangel1313@lemmy.ca
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    8 hours ago

    They’re just butt-hurt that Canada isn’t spending the extra money on US weapons. This whole “military spending” thing is nothing but a shakedown to get allies to increase weapons purchases from US manufacturers.

    • el_eh_chase@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      19 minutes ago

      Unfortunately, I think most of the new military spending that brings our total to the 2% of GDP target is going to American manufacturers. I get the feeling that Carney doesn’t want to upset the status quo too much, despite the talk. I think he still counts on a path back to the way things were, just maybe on a longer timeline.

    • CircaV@lemmy.ca
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      4 hours ago

      And Canada is buying gripens not f35s so the US can go pound sand.