Seems almost a trivial matter to the liberal media, given the short shrift they pay to this news item from Canada’s Senate committee on defence.
In a sane world, people would be shouting, as I have, that the systematic dismantling and degradation of Canada’s national defences by successive liberal-left governments is simply treasonous, and this would warrant huge news.
But this is liberal, “progressive” Canada, and the dismantling and degradation of Canada’s national defences by successive liberal-left governments is worn as a badge of honor in some sort of quixotic, twisted, vacuous, liberal-left dream come true.
And it ties in amazingly well —perhaps even shockingly so— with my previous blog entry, a press release from the Canadian Coalition for Democracies.
Double defence budget, enlist thousands more people, says Senate
OTTAWA (CP) – A Senate committee says the defence budget should be doubled and the military should enlist thousands more soldiers, sailors and air personnel.
The defence committee report says the budget should be $25 billion to $35 billion a year instead of the $14.3 billion earmarked for 2005-2006.
Defence spending as a portion of GDP has fallen by 62.5 per cent in the last 15 years, the report says.
The senators also say that the Forces should have 90,000 people in uniform instead of today’s authorized strength of 62,000.
They also say that ways have to be found to purchase new equipment quickly, even if it means buying used gear from other countries.
The report says Canadians are living under an illusion of security in a dangerous world.
The CTV.CA site reports as follows:
The budget for the Canadian Forces needs to be doubled to about $30 billion a year if Canada is to secure the country and its sovereignty, says a new report by the Senate Defence Committee.
“At some point, the elastic snaps. And we think we’re at that point right now,” Sen. Colin Kenny, the chair of the committee, told a news conference Thursday.
“We are seeing so many things degrading simultaneously that they may not recover.”
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