Since Prime Minister Stephen Harper sank our military spending below 1% of GDP for the first time since the Second World War in his last full year in office, we have been slowly trying to recover to our NATO 2% commitment. In the current environment, we
I keep hearing that some US Democrats are just sitting on their hands thinking that waiting out 4 years, that US citizens will be begging for their return.
I don't consider the current situation to be a Trump issue, and what we are seeing now is a long time coming.
I'm also not yet convinced that Canada will "elbow up", even if some individual Canadians feel the desire to. It is one thing for a certain percentage (but not all -- some Canadians remain oblivious) will cancel trips to the USA and consume less USA, but entirely another for actual policy changes to be less integrated with the USA.
But -- hey -- maybe if the US-style Primary that the Liberal party is having goes a "special" way, we will all of a sudden not have democratic institutions managed and elections run and reported on as if Canada weren't already the same as the USA.
I keep hearing that some US Democrats are just sitting on their hands thinking that waiting out 4 years, that US citizens will be begging for their return.
I don't consider the current situation to be a Trump issue, and what we are seeing now is a long time coming.
I'm also not yet convinced that Canada will "elbow up", even if some individual Canadians feel the desire to. It is one thing for a certain percentage (but not all -- some Canadians remain oblivious) will cancel trips to the USA and consume less USA, but entirely another for actual policy changes to be less integrated with the USA.
But -- hey -- maybe if the US-style Primary that the Liberal party is having goes a "special" way, we will all of a sudden not have democratic institutions managed and elections run and reported on as if Canada weren't already the same as the USA.