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Our military is crippled with the lack of equipment and personnel. Without more spending, we are opening ourselves to threats from other countries.

It is important that we stand by our NATO commitments and meet the targets we promised to enter the alliance. This is a requirement to be a member of NATO. With the situation in Russia and Ukraine and the Arctic we need to maintain our standing with NATO and meet our commitments. One example where we could use this money is we haven't updated our NORAD Arctic defense radars since 1989. Another example of outdated equipment in our military is our fighter aircraft which entered service in 1982 and has received modernization but is coming to the end of its life cycle. Our dependence on these aircraft is very high, we depend on them to intercept in our airspace and in the Arctic, they are very important.

Our defense spending lags behind NATO targets. Our military infrastructure is aging and we are not prepared to defend our borders. We have the US on one side and Russia on the other. Two oligarchs who are eager to steal our resources.

Wars are being fought with drones and everything is becoming highly mobile. Tanks are obsolete and drones/helicopters/jets are the most lethal thing on the battlefield. We need better technology to deal with this such as signal jammers for drones and better guided rockets and missles.

Canada has a long and proud history of being elite fighters, and it would ensure protection without the reliance of our allies.

Let's say the U.S. is planning on invading Canada, we do not have any preparation for such an invasion whatsoever. Along with nuclear weapons, the U.S. has one of the strongest militaries possible. Canada on the other hand does not. If we increase military spending and help shape our army to be better, we'd have a better chance of winning such wars and invasions.

Our military is outdated, and we have almost nobody enlisting so we need to create better incentives to join.

To compete with some countries that threaten our country with tensions rising around the world we need to be able to protect ourselves and stay in unions, and agreements with countries. If we protect ourselves we will see a better Canadian economy.

We have America as allies, I doubt there will be another world war, and it's not like countries such as Canada and America are really turning the tide in present conflicts, so what's the point of increasing money on the military.

We need to take care of our citizens first. Health care is awful in this country, housing is in crisis.

We continue to support the independence of other countries however our own military cannot enforce our northern sea passage

how many homeless people live on the streets in Canada? how many people go hungry every night in Canada? how many reservations don't have proper funding and clean drinking water? why do we need increase militarily spending when we can be using it to better our society and our economy by providing more jobs and encouraging the misfortunate rather than dehumanizing them

Canada has a very weak military and could be taken down by most militaries on the planet. The US will not defend us that is why we should grow our military.

We need to increase military spending as global tensions are rising and if we do not we could be crushed under the weight of a stronger power like china or north Korea.

To start, Canada has been below our promised 2% of our GDP on military spending with NATO for years now, much to international criticism, so we should be meeting that as the bare minimum. But for us personally as a country, I believe that even that percentage is not enough. Canada has the longest coastline in the world, and it just so happens that we also sit right across from our number one biggest threat, a threat that patrols our north regularly with no consequence as we just sit and watch. Our navy is severely lacking, and pitiful. By far the number one most important thing we need to do…  Read more right now as a nation is to buy some nucellar submarines capable of operating in our arctic, and that's just as a start, all of our navy need heavy work, especially now that the arctic is melting and people are talking about using the northwest passage as a trade route, how could we possibly hope to keep that area under our control with such abysmal capabilities? And the argument that we don't need to invest in our military because the US will take care of our problems for us is dumb and internationally selfish thinking. The US already has enough on their plate handling their own affairs and the affairs of countries that don't have the option to take care of themselves. We have the ability to take care of ourselves, but we don't because we've grown entitled and soft because we haven't faced any real threat in a while. And in all honesty, do you really want the US making all the decisions for us in OUR arctic? No, they're our waters and we should protect them as such. Take Australia for example, Australia has a very similar GDP, land mass, population, and structure of government to us, and yet unlike us they have successfully been pulling their weight for a long time; keeping their equipment modern and at good supply, and they also bought some nuclear subs not too long ago, and they don’t nearly have the problems we do with the arctic and Russia breathing down our neck, so we have no excuses. Our recent ordering of those F35s will only barely set us at the standard, but it is still a good step in the right direction, even though we should have had them 10 years ago. I also strongly believe that we need to invest in ICBM defense systems, for the fact that if Russia were to send nuclear ICBMs to the US, they would have to go over our skies. And I don't know about you but I believe we should be able to defend our nation in the case of a nuclear attack, because DEFENSE IS IMPORTANT, especially now that things are heating up in the world, it’s important we stay on our toes.

The canadian military is still operating old german tanks and are air force3 is close to a joke and in this era all parts of military should be taken seriously

We need to be the best fighting force ever and Canada cannot afford to cheap out on the military training

This power acts as a deterrent for aggressors. In the absence of military spending, opponents may view the nation as a soft target. Even though local defense spending may be more expensive, it creates more value in the form of more robust national security and fewer disruptions to trade and commerce. If the defense system of a country is fully integrated, there are economic benefits to it.

If we spend more money on military grade weapons no country would want to match with us because were that powerful.

The fight for your country and have to livve with things like scars, and battle wounds for the rest of there lives they desrve this

The United States consistently ranks as the world's top spender on defense. In 2020, the U.S. spent approximately $778 billion on defense, according to SIPRI data.

I think the government should prioritize education and health care because investing on military is almost pointless when no one is willing to attack us because we have the biggest army in the world (U.S.A) as one of our alies.

Self evident...we have a NATO commitment of 2% GDP for defence. Why should NATO protect us against our enemies if we don't have the capability to defend ourselves as we have committed to?

Canada lacks adequate ships and aircraft to defend its territory, frequently has to rely on aid from the British and Americans to protect us in the north as we lack nuclear submarines, icebreakers etc to effectively survey the waters.

as the years go, more and more technology are being created. This means military funding should go up to keep up with the new military technology coming in.

National service should be mandatory, as it provides the population with training and self sufficiency.

We need to separate our dependence on the U.S. by developing more military infrastructure along each coast (aim in the arctic) and military bases around the country. Increasing the airforce and navy, i.e., more ships, submarines, aircraft carriers and fighter jets.

Increasing our military spending in Canada will show Donald J. Trump that we are a sovereign nation who does not want to be apart of the United States.

https://www.nationmaster.com/country-info/compare/Canada/United-States/Military

https://www.cgai.ca/economic_benefits_of_defence_spending

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwjok6yS2uGLAxUpvokEHeeEEoUQFnoECA0QAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwarontherocks.com%2F2024%2F04%2Fdont-count-on-us-canadas-military-unreadiness%2F&usg=AOvVaw38NyVyU7qrXtQ5q0mVlan6&opi=89978449

If we increase the funding on the military we would have more budget to evole our weapons and thecnology to make more lethal and effective weapons of destruction

We need to increase spending to ramp up recruiting. Our equipment is in need of maintenance and upgrade. Our troops need to be able to train and to train they need ammunition, rations, good equipment, better uniforms, etc. Our northern territories are exposed. The Canadian rangers need more resources and an actual base in each northern territory, and not just in Yellowknife, Iqaluit, and Whitehorse. We need to ramp up North West Passage patrols. It's embarrassing that China has been flying recon balloons in our territory and we had to ask America to shoot them down. Our ability to protect ourselves and our northern sovereignty has become a joke and the great members of our military deserve better.

We need to have a better military as we can create a stronger economy and have more power so if the United States decides they want to begin war we can fight back

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-canada-urged-to-buy-new-submarines-capable-of-operating-in-the-arctic/

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-ukraine-russia-putin-canadian-armed-forces-1.6370874

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/aukus-u-s-australia-u-k-nuclear-subs-canada-defence-spending-1.6837792

With the worsening of global climate change, we need a response force to natural disasters, if we have a military that hates us and can't afford in the place where they're stationed what's making them stay in the forces?

Canada lacks adequate ships and aircraft to defend its territory, frequently has to rely on aid from the British and Americans to protect us in the north as we lack nuclear submarines, icebreakers etc to effectively survey the waters.

When considering the current events in Ukraine and the heightened concerns in the Indo-Pacific region, national security needs to become a higher priority. We cannot solely depend on the United States to protect us, their last president has demonstrated that this would be a mistake. Canada needs to invest more in National security.

so canada can have more independant protection and not have to rely on being the nice easygoing country that will get stepped on

for example, if Canada was invaded and taken over, we could all be living under a dictatorship, that wouldn't happen if we had a strong military.

Statistically it would be better to increase military spending to have a stronger military, don't you agree.