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Comment by qball

15 hours ago

>For a nation with basically zero chance of invasion of its home soil and an extremely low risk of internal conflict

Clearly the Canadian government doesn't feel the same way. If they tried to conscript they'd quickly find themselves in a civil war (for the same reasons the US would), and one the Canadian capital clearly doesn't believe it'd win given how well it fared defending itself in 2022.

Of course, bureaucrats aren't exactly known for their fighting prowess either. This is mostly a statement that "Toronto/Ottawa doesn't need the rest of the country, it can see to its own defense", and to try and retain/engage the Elbows Up crowd (which, being the only reason the sitting government is in power, is completely understandable).

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raydev  5 hours ago

> Clearly the Canadian government doesn't feel the same way

Not clear at all. One of Trump's demands during this tariff negotiation mess was that Canada isn't spending enough on defense.

So now Canada is finding ways to spend more.

  • mna_  1 hour ago

    When Americans tell their ``allies'' that they're not spending enough on their military, what they mean is they're not buying enough American hardware.

nick_  11 hours ago

Are you referring to the "Freedom Convoy"?

  • BigGreenJorts  11 hours ago

    If so, the capital did perfectly fine breaking it up, they were just politically hamstrung. But otherwise, it took all of an afternoon and a couple horses to break up that nonsense.

    • nick_  10 hours ago

      Yes, agreed.

      At this point I have seen many fantastical interpretations of what happened there. I assume popular US media coverage of it was a contributor there.