A lot of useful guiding principles here to help Canada navigate the next 4 years.
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A lot of useful guiding principles here to help Canada navigate the next 4 years.
Question for #cdnpoli - how do we prepare ourselves for this era?
🇩🇰 Denmark today increases the defence budget with 50bn DKK (6.7bn EUR) plus 10bn DKK (1.3bn EUR) extra per year until 2033 going 2.4% of GDP in 2024 to 3.2% in 2025. As discussed probably 50bn more is needed for acquisition.
“This is not just about increasing defense spending as a GDP ratio…it’s about people realizing they need to defend their own home.” - Zelensky
Thought experiment for Canadian officials. If 2 yrs from now, US has sold out Ukraine, lifted Russian sanctions, pulled out of NATO, put tariffs on all imports to US, and increased its threats to our sovereignty - what long-term policy shifts will you wish Canada had begun in Feb 25?
Trump repeating Putin’s anti-Ukraine talking points, Rubio blinded by Russia’s false promises of business opportunities, and Russia increasing their negotiating demands daily.
Looks increasingly like Trump will sell out Ukraine and Europe in his rush to be seen as a deal maker.
Appathurai, the NATO official, warned that the U.S. and its allies needed to adopt a wartime mindset “across society” in response.
“Russia believes it is in conflict with what it calls ‘the collective West,’ and is acting accordingly, up to and including threatening us with nuclear attack and building up its military,” - NATO Dep. Asst. Sec Gen
www.wsj.com/world/europe...
Trump & co. want to bolster the authoritarian right globally.
Vance’s message to EU here is clear: fall in line or else.
on.ft.com/41e7G7A JD Vance hits out at Europe’s ‘threat from within’
A very helpful contribution. Temptation for current leaders is to tell Canadians that government can protect us from all the economic harm Trump can do. They shouldn’t because government can’t. Doesn’t mean we shouldn’t fight like hell. But better to level with us so we can be prepared.
