Decrease

In an increasingly volatile international world, Canada cannot fulfill its current nato obligations, and doesn’t not have the means to ensure its interests internationally. With the Arctic ice melting we need a strong navy to defend our water and a greater military presence over all in the north to protect our sovereignty as this will become an increasingly high traffic area with smuggling operations and potential threats posed by Russia and China.

Our military is already really small and week so I think we need to increase the spending on our military,

Investment in our military is important because you need to keep military equipment up to date and safe for our military. We need to have a well trained military that can do their jobs well. There is a lot of conflict in the world right now and we border Russia in the Arctic. We need to make sure our military is ready to defend our country and our sovereignty.

More money could be spent on industries and services that support its citizens. More money could help farmers keep their prices low; more money could be subsidized for housing and support for low-income families

If we decrease military spending then the possibility of getting kicked out of NATO is larger than it is now as we are currently only spending 0.02% of our GDP on military when we are required to spend a minimum of 2%.

Our country relies on heavy military protection from the States. Unpredictable events may happen and the States may turn against us and eliminate the protection, hence why we need our own military.

I don’t care about the military. Most of us aren’t military. We can’t even live in our own country because it’s too expensive.

My biggest argument against this is that we need to boost military spending in order to defend against attacks from Russia and China, we need a more balanced power structure in North America in order to defend ourselves against possible threats from the Trump administration, and to defend our country against aggressors that may want to come after our natural resources in the future.

We should increase. Our current Trudeau government has turned us into one of the weakest militaries.

canada used to be the 4th largest military now its pathetic and we really need to increase military spending.

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.

And increase in defence spending could help us in our relations with the NATO member nation, promote Canadian national unity and enable us to not rely on the help of other nations, such as the United States, when the use of force is the only and last option in an international situation or when thé country needs to be defended.

If a war breaks out America has proven they won't defend us. That is why if we get attacked we should increase spending

no matter how pacifist you are or how peaceful you are sometime in history someone will want to start a war with you and you need to be ready to protect yourself and your nation cause you think it wont happen to you but someday it will

Investment in our military is important because you need to keep military equipment up to date and safe for our military. We need to have a well trained military that can do their jobs well. There is a lot of conflict in the world right now and we border Russia in the Arctic. We need to make sure our military is ready to defend our country and our sovereignty.

In an increasingly volatile international world, Canada cannot fulfill its current nato obligations, and doesn’t not have the means to ensure its interests internationally. With the Arctic ice melting we need a strong navy to defend our water and a greater military presence over all in the north to protect our sovereignty as this will become an increasingly high traffic area with smuggling operations and potential threats posed by Russia and China.

In the modern age countries all around the world are arming there militaries and we would be very weak if we didn't but it would also let us buy equipment for are already under equipped military

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.

In a world of war and violence, our country is not prepared for war as we see it. Canada's military is not in shape to fight a war at all. Increasing the spending will help us shape our military in case of an invasion.

Decrease the amount we spend on hi-tech equipment and allow for the use of that to train our troops with machinery they can use regardless of black outs and reboots

The idea is that weapons manufacturing is also like any other business. This means that this business also generated employment and sales like any other business would, peace is important to be maintains and peace may only be achieved if military spendings are done.

The World seems to be going into a cold war state again and with the tarifs trump has made we are more independent then ever and will need to be feared and safe

National defense should be a priority in case of emergencies concerning the government such as natural disasters and conflicts involving other nations.

I think that the military does so much for us and our country and the fact that they aren't allowed to spend as much doesn't make sense to me

A strong military is crucial for ensuring national security and defense preparedness. In an increasingly complex and interconnected world, nations must be capable of defending themselves against potential threats, both domestic and foreign.
Maintaining or increasing military spending allows a country to modernize its armed forces, invest in advanced technology, and ensure its military readiness to respond effectively to various security challenges.

military is always important when it comes to our security, we have no where close to the amount of vehicles/weaponry that some of these other countrys have and i feel like that is a big scare factor or the fact that we are lowering our standards to get 13000 more people, canada needs to be ready for whatever will come and as of right now we are not ready. people dont want to increase funding until a war break out.

Especially in a time right now, with threats coming from Donald J. Trump, decreasing our military is not a good idea. It makes us look like we rely on the USA for a lot, making us look weaker to them.

We live in a world that is heating up very fast in all corners of the globe. War with Ukraine, terrorism, and the future stability. We need to have a battle ready military.

We should not rely on the US to ensure our national security. It is to our mutual benefit that we appropriately share those costs with the US

Why would we want to decrease military spending if some country wants to attack us and then we spend all the tax money on military grade weapons.

If we decrease military spending we can all be a big happy family

I think reducing our military spending has put our nation in a precarious position. One that has allowed Trump to threaten our sovereignty. Just because there's nothing above us on a map doesn't mean that we can't be invaded. It's understandable that America has grown frustrated with the Canadian government as they seem to have the belief that they can rely on America for defense. The best way to defend our northern sovereignty is with strength. To be strong you need military, otherwise you're all bark and no bite.

A country so with rich with resources that hasnt accessed a fraction of them due to different relationships must be defended from foreign bad actoes that would harvest them all regardless of any relationships or opinions.

We need more power and we don’t want to need to rely on the United States for security especially in times as of right now

How many current soldiers are without a home to live in? These people have dedicated their only life that they have to protect this country. The LEAST we can do is provide them with a home to live in.

If we were to decrease military spending it would have a major impact on the way we help out around the world. Wether it be for wars, or natural disasters. If you drop the spending cost on the military we won’t be able to do what we’re obligated to do.

one day, the US will get a presedent who decides to take canada over, canada is completeley helpless withouut the US, and the US will most likeley betray us and steal our resorces and land and we wont be able to stop them. soldiers cant fight against nukes and other advandced weponry the US has

Our military is already small enough in terms of man power. By decreasing military spending, you just make it harder for our military to run in the future

The current geopolitical climate should be of concern for most, if not all, countries. Agressive and rogue states are a threat to the democratic process and human rights that should not be taken lightly, and

Canada does not have the military capacity to protect its waters, due to the long history of piggy-backing off the United States

the military is the only group to keep all of Canada safe from terrorists, invasions and any other large issue in our continent.

We have Canadians from War torn areas that rely on Canada's involvement for their families back in their home country.

With how the current army thecnology is, it is really important to keep up with armies around the world to protect ourselfs from invaders or terroists