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If I was in charge and had $11 billion to spend on foreign aid, I would keep it simple. Send military engineers and contractors to the world's most destitute places and provide those in need with a clean water supply, food, and medical assistance. Now that would be something.

Again, militaries and war have existed throughout human history. This is not some mystery.

There is ZERO evidence that people Trump is killing are “terrorists” by any definition of the term or are intentionally trying to “harm the USA”. There’s not even any evidence that they trying to smuggle drugs, and if they are trying to smuggle drugs , there’s no evidence that it’s destined for the United States. To follow your argument one has to: 1) Believe the “facts” alleged by Trump are true (that they are carrying cocaine) despite Trump being a known shameless liar. THIS MAY OR MAY NOT BE TRUE 2) Believe the “fact” alleged by Trump that they are not simply middlemen passing drugs along to the next cartel in the globalist supply chain but deliberately smuggling cocaine to USA If 1 is true, 2 is plausible simply because USA is a large and nearby market but cocaine is sold GLOBALLY and it all moves through the same region 3) Believe the “fact” that they’re not just selling cocaine to make money from selling a profitable contraband buy as a deliberate for of warfare against USA. This is LAUGHABLE. Cocaine is mostly a party drug for people with hundreds of dollars to spend for one night’s worth of amusement. Don Jr. probably snorts his weight in coke every weekend. It’s not fentanyl or heroine Venezuela doesn’t even produce cocaine so they wouldn’t be the source of it anyway. Then after believing the above dubious claims you then have to make the ridiculous leap of logic that 1) the smugglers and their employees are therefore “terrorists” or “armed combatants” when there are no arms or combat involved ANYWHERE (unlike in your ridiculous tank analogy) 2) they can therefore be killed on sight as if they were 3) completely ignore the fact that Trump just pardoned a head of state who smuggled hundreds of tons into USA and that Reagan/Bush allowed an incalculable amount of cocaine into USA to fund their Iran-Contra death squads and secret wars as this completely contradicts your sudden newfound moral outrage and demands for summary execution for anyone smuggling cocaine into USA oh and when they did recently capture 2 survivors of a strike, they let the supposed “narco terrorists” go. Why ? At least when the previous Republican president wanted to gin up a phoney excuse for regime change to seize a country’s oil they had common courtesy to fabricate evidence Trump and his minions just expect you to believe their lies That is seriously the dumbest thing you have said on this forum. Are you seriously not aware of something called 9/11 and that for a 15-year period afterwards there were constant deadly terrorist attacks on US and European soil and against US troops abroad, perpetrated by terrorist groups that publicly avowed to destroy America and kill Americans anywhere in the world? How old are you? You think that’s no different than smuggling contraband rich kid party favours into USA (if that is even what they were doing). People smuggle drugs into USA because Americans WANT them and will pay hundreds of dollars a pop for them. Nobody wanted to be killed by ISIS. The fact that you think these 2 things are identical is just ridiculous. And when Americans captured REAL terroristS they sent them to GITMO or some other prison they didn’t let them go. HA! In what way is it irrelevant? It’s COMPLETELY RELEVANT! You have no rebuttal and got your ass handed to you so you do the typical MAGA “inconvenient facts are irrelevant!” maneuver. Pathetic. False on both counts!

............arguably the lack of concern in the Health Care portfolio was only exceeded by the lack of concern in the defense portfolio. [The federal government is planning a massive increase in the number of immigrants entering Canada, with a goal of bringing in 500,000 people in 2025.] completely whack a doodle. The announcement signals a significant increase from the 405,000 immigrants that came to Canada last year and the 465,000 expected to arrive next year.]

Ukraine may have to make painful compromises regarding territory already taken by the invader but must receive credible protection from further Russian aggression in return. The Russians will take what they can no matter what they promise.

Mean while 11 billion dollars could stop hunger/ poverty proper water management etc right here here in Canada, before we get on that great big white horse we should take care of our own first....when that's is done you the lone ranger and tonto can gallop across the globe promoting what ever ideals you have...we should practice what we preach first...

.............could become (is?) a slippery slope.

They serve so guys like you can live in moms basement, with all your freedoms and rights in tact....And yes it takes a lot of training to do be able to pull that trigger and take a life....It is exactly what the job is about....it is exactly what is needed to defend our nation and its foreign policy....every nation has a military or force that is designed to protect their nation....and some times that requires having a bigger stick than the bad guys and the wiliness to use it.. you don't have to like it , but it serves you every day, like it or not....

That's BS, the air force knows exactly what it needs to defend the nation and support our foreign policy...They are the experts in their field, they are the ones briefing the politicians...who don't have a clue on any subject under their preview.. It is their decisions that HAVE killed Canadians....which is one of my main points... Unlike every doctor, lives are not at risk because someone cheap out...There are plenty of MRI's out there that nobody's lives are in danger...and they don't have to strap themselves into something that was provided by the cheapest bidder, and risk their own lives doing our government s bidding... to score political votes... No it does not work both ways....politicians pick out the equipment and the numbers they want, despite what they have been briefed upon by the military....So if they pick the wrong equipment or not enough that's is on them.... Your point has been driven home millions of times, everyone with more than 2 years in the military, fully knows that we can not count on the civilian population to have their backs...EVER...You guys carved that in stone decades ago....Joining the Army is nothing more than a job for most, a method to make a paycheck....they risk their lives not for the Nation but for a the men and women next to them, and a pay check...."Learn from that" hard to love something that hates you back.......The military DOES not have hopes and dreams , it has been let done to many times, by our government and it's people and will gladly except what ever our government purchases...give you a smile and a salute....and do what they have always have defend the nation, don't kid yourselves their is no love lost between us , just disappointment ....Not sure what the military has done to any Canadian to give them the attitude you share right now...But your not alone in that, the majority of Canadians feel the same way... I'm not pretending about anything, let me be clear on this, the majority of the public has Never supported Military on anything... That's on them and the government , not serving members, because we don't want to, but rather are refrained form by policy.......So why should the Military now give a rats A$$ about what they think now.....Like you your mind is already made up, and i doubt you or others are going to change that any time soon...The message our military members receives loud and clear is this, "Canadians don't care about them or their life's or what they do for this country, nor do they care if you come home in a bag or in a seat " ...Military has a recruit department not a PR department, regular members can not promote the military on line it is against the military law, which is why so many retired members are online.... Canadians have not supported anything outside of their bubble, it is one of the reasons were as a country are such a mess... They have grown into a bunch of takers, not givers....if they could they would much prefer more social programs than any of the security apparatus...And it shows...

And it saddens me to think of the effect it had on seniors (confined to group homes) that found themselves isolated and alone at a time in their lives when they craved the support of family and friends the most.

Lack of Clear Operating Framework: Critics argue that Canadian foreign aid policy lacks a clear operating framework, which leads to largely unsustainable and ineffective efforts in target communities. The economic evaluation of aid effectiveness often limits agencies to short-term solutions rather than long-term systemic progress. Auditing and Tracking Issues: Global Affairs Canada, the department responsible for the majority of foreign spending, has been criticized in audits for not adequately tracking how billions of dollars in aid are spent and what results are achieved. Diffuse Spending: Canada's aid flows have historically been spread across a large number of recipient countries and projects. Review bodies, such as the OECD's Development Assistance Committee (DAC), have recommended that Canada focus its aid on fewer partner countries and specific thematic priorities to maximize impact. Specific Examples of Questioned Spending: Reports and audits have highlighted specific expenses within Global Affairs Canada that have been widely criticized as wasteful or inappropriate, including: Spending thousands of dollars on hospitality events, lavish parties, and various cultural events overseas. Allocating funds for projects with unclear tangible benefits, such as millions for "gender-responsive systems approach to universal healthcare in the Philippines" or specific workshops and musical shows. Aid Conditionality and Shifting Priorities: In the past, foreign aid has sometimes been tied to neoliberal structural adjustment programs, which have drawn criticism. More recently, the focus on a "feminist aid policy" has been challenged by some opposition MPs to provide concrete data demonstrating tangible economic benefits for Canadians or the recipient countries beyond the social goals. Fossil Fuel Subsidies Abroad: Through agencies like Export Development Canada, Canada has been one of the biggest international financiers of fossil fuel projects, which critics argue is counterproductive to climate goals and a form of "inefficient" spending that it committed to phasing out as part of G20 agreements. Do try to get informed.

And she's at least twice the optimist I am.

There's no proof because they didn't LOLOL

US MILITARY, dumbass. It not “combat” if you’re the only combatant. You are so absurdly dense. . Another of you RIDICULOUS ARGUMENTS These are not terrorist groups by any definition of the word. If they were them maybe you would start to have a shred of a point. Terrorist groups are armed, politically or ideologically motivated and declared war on USA, actively targeted US civilians amd soldiers all over the world. By joining such a group you are a combatant even if you only fuel their truck. The terrorist group is armed even if you aren’t NONE of that applies to local drug smugglers thousands of miles from US soil, if that’s even what these people even were There you go lying again and still misusing the word “conspiracy” Another ridiculous argument. Letss just be clear here ZERO evidence has been presented publicly verifying that any of the Trump administration’s claims are true. Your dumbass argument is basically that they wouldn’t be doing this if there wasn’t evidence therefore the fact that the strikes happen is the only evidence required. Totally dystopian Orwellian logic you’’d expect from Stalin’s Soviet Union. “The fact that I’m executing you is the evidence that you’re guilty”. Need I remove you the military under previous Republican president invaded Iraq because of the false claim that Saddam had WMD and was involved in 9/11? The military follows orders especially under this administration who has placed loyalists throughout the leadership. You expect us to believe the military only follows orders when they’ve carefully reviewed the evidence and they’re convinced the president is right ? Another right wing chickenhawk who doesn’t know shit about the military but sniffs military jock at every turn. Quelle surprise. Trump is a liar. His claims are fabricated and exaggerated. His arguments have no basis in US or international law and defy common logic. The military follows the president’s orders. Anyone who can’t understand those facts is the stupid person. LMAO you’re clearly becoming unhinged. I don’t think you even know what you’re arguing anymore you’re just responding line by line trying to think of something that disagrees with the sentence you just read. I clearly said all over the globe multiple times, go give it a re-read. USA targeted terrorist organizations that attacked the US no matter where their people went in the world. What don’t you understand? If they bombed terrorists in a certain country its because those people were 1) members of a terrorist group at war with USA and 2) involved in planning or carrying out attacks on Americans somewhere in world. NONE OF THOSE APPLY to Trump’s attacks off the coast of Venezuela. USA didn’t bomb random people because they didn’t like what they were doing. They certainly never bombed people just because they were drug smugglers. How f king stupid are you? Obama didn’t have a policy of deliberately blowing up weddings and Americans , those were accidents and didn’t happen on Obama’s personal orders….unlike Trump’s boat strikes which is official presidential policy carried out at his personal directive. What is his argument then?

From the same article: "Now, what would you say if we told you that in 1990 Canada ranked fifth in life expectancy, and that in 2023 it was ranked 22nd?" What would I say? 12 of those years were Conservative govt's. From the same article: "Admittedly, Canadian life expectancy in 2023 of 81.7 years is higher than it was in 1990 at 77.5 years," Thank you Liberals for increasing our life expectancy! Thank you CdnFoxnetwork for bringing this to our attention.

Oh wow! Another bullsh!t Youtube video. What are the odds?

https://www.international.gc.ca/world-monde/issues_development-enjeux_developpement/priorities-priorites/policy-politique.aspx?lang=eng#1 "The core action area for the new policy—which will be integrated across all areas—is: gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls. The other action areas we have chosen are: -human dignity, covering humanitarian action, health and nutrition, and education; -growth that works for everyone, which targets areas such as sustainable agriculture, green technologies and renewable energy; -environment and climate action focusing on adaptation and mitigation, as well as on water management; -inclusive governance, including democracy, human rights, the rule of law and good governance; and -peace and security, by promoting inclusive peace processes and combatting gender-based violence." Alright for you to have these rights and security, but not them? There are also private banks that make micro-loans to women only in poor countries, because they know women will use the money to make their family's lives better, while men are much more liekely to be irresponsible. So cut the bull sh!t about us paying for sex-changes,etc... Foreign aid save lives and helps lift people out of poverty. We can debate whether we should do it, how much we should give, corruption and inefficiencies, etc... but at least be honest about what it is.

Systems view? ==== Individuals live abroad for many reasons. Some are expats, others are immigrants.

So... pretty much how you and other leftists act on this forum.

Um, it is pretty clearly implied. Throughout all of human history, this is what a military does. What next, do you need a disclaimer saying that water is wet?

What amusing is that whenever a Democrat president issues EOs republicans scream that it’s unconstitutional, abuse of power, president is only supposed to be a figurehead or isn’t supposed to enact EOs that are controversial, the founding fathers intended for congress to run the country, and so on. But then whenever a Republican is elected suddenly he sets a new record for the number of EOs and Republicans cheer that it’s the greatest thing since sliced bread, finally someone is bypassing the swamp, cutting through red tape and congressional deadlock, founding fathers meant for the president to run the country and congress is just for symbolic debates, and so on.

From the OP article, Now, what would you say if we told you that in 1990 Canada ranked fifth in life expectancy, and that in 2023 it was ranked 22nd? Canada experienced a 17-point decrease in rank. And how would you respond to evidence that the reasons for Canada’s decline in rankings are the same ones that had you shaking your head about the U.S. — growing income and wealth inequality, indifference to citizens suffering housing and food insecurity, lack of unionized jobs and a health-care system in crisis. I'd say fùck the submarines and fighter jets, we have more important things that need funding. Oh, I'd also say tax the snot out of the rich. There were a couple of Conservative governments in between 1990 and 2023 as well don't forget. And the date at which things begin sliding in both countries coincides sharply with the effects from the previous decade of laissez-faire Reaganomics really starting to bite. As I recall conservatives were roaring their approval at the way things were heading...growing income and wealth inequality, indifference to citizens suffering housing and food insecurity, lack of unionized jobs...attended of course by a creeping desire for privatizing health care. But sure, blame the left who saw where it was all heading. It's always priceless watching conservatives getting all woke to this stuff 35 years too late. In any case now that I've dragged fighter jet and submarine funding into the picture I'm sure the federal goalposts everyone's taking a kick at will be repositioned into the Provincial endzone where responsibility for health is. Personally I think just about all of it belongs in the 1%'s endzone. And by that I mean shrinking income and wealth inequality, less indifference to citizens suffering housing and food insecurity, more unionized jobs and a health-care system that lives up to the other promises we were given when the world went laissez-faire. And yes they should pay for the fùcking submarines and jets too. Now sit back and watch as conservative heads explode.

Those have not all been proven true now. They are all lies, depending on what your definition of “colluding” is. His Special Envoy was caught coaching his Russian counterpart on how to sell the Russian “peace plan” which is basically Ukrainian surrender and disarmament and lo and behold what is on offer. “Obama” didn’t “spy on him” Millions did NOT vote illegally. There is ZERO evidence of any unusual amount of fraudulent voting Trump lies daily about things big and small, he even lies about things that are obviously lies where you can only assume he knows the people he’s speaking to also know its a lie. The truth is simply irrelevant to people like him and the cretins he’s appointed to cabinet.

You’re the one being obtuse. Your ridiculous analogy bears no resemblance to reality. Members of a military that is at war with your country are by definition enemy combatants whether they are armed or not, driving tanks or fuel trucks. Civilians who are unarmed and whose country is not at war with you and who are thousands of miles from your border are neither combatants nor armed. Obama bombed terrorist groups who were at war with USA and committed attacks on US soil. Also not at all similar to Trump’s contrived offensive against Venezuela. And now Trump has declared all Venezuelan airspace closed to all civil air traffic, implying he will shoot down airliners full of civilians who I guess will also be enemy combatants? He already has special operations on the ground in Venezuela it clear he’s planning to invade. Also you clearly avoided acknowledging his pardon of major cocaine kingpin after only a year. If smuggling cocaine into USA is now considered a state-sanctioned act of war by a state against America deserving of immediate execution then why is Trump showing such leniency to a clearly guilty larty? Would be like pardoning Bin Laden after 9/11 and letting him out of prison after 1 year. You’re such a shameless unthinking apologist

There is no logic. There is a mish-mash of terms that are used improperly to bolster her opinion.

............ Canada cannot defend it's sovereignty. Allies......... hopefully powerful allies, provide Canada an International voice ... additionally, when aligned with a defense organization like NATO, a deterrent (no war?) is the result or if necessary, unified, projected military power becomes an option. (Yugoslavia?) The caveat is that to be effective, member states must take their military contributions seriously. Oh, yeah ............. forget the U.N. .......... strongly worded, bold type memos are not effective. I'm sure Lester Pearson is turning in his urn. Many Canadians helped to win the freedom of the Two Michaels, but it was only after U.S. President Joe Biden put his shoulder to the boulder that Kovrig and Spavor were able to see the light of day again as free men - this is what allies do.

Best not to put all our eggs in one basket then it would seem 4 times in 40 years.... and never alone. Always as part of a united force. I have no doubt that our planes may get used. The us will pick some fight somewhere someday and once again we'll go. Or europe will or something. And as i said having a small fleet of the 'best of the best' to send at that time make some sense. I'm sure we'll always have a relationship with the US. But we need to move further away from being dependent on them. And i don't feel the issues i raised were addressed by what you said. And don't kid yourself, the opinions of people like you and me matter. I told you some time ago, you think the purchase of military gear is a military decision, but it's not. Its' a political decision and always has been and politics is downstream of public sentiment for the most part. This is a conversation canadians need to have, and it will reflect in what gov'ts do. That DOES explain why none of the military operations in history were named "opertation: Play nice with others and learn to share"

I’ve sworn an oath to the Queen. I didn’t really mean it as I think a monarchy is undemocratic and immoral, but I needed the job and got valuable experience. So routinely? No, not routinely. Not in the case of putting loyalty to a monarch above all else. Contracts are legally enforceable. A silly oath isn’t. To a boot-licking monarchist who hates freedom and thinks family lineage should allow someone to have power over others, I can see how that would seem to be the case.

He relies on naive easy marks like you to get away with the stuff he pulls. You should treat read more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_fake_electors_plot

He tried to illegally steal an election then whipped up a crowd into a fury who then stormed the capital in order to overturn the election for him, which he didn't denounce until it was basically over and failed. Next time it could be the cops or military doing it for him.

Because the numbers of real idióts was alarming. It was painfully obvious within the first couple of weeks of the pandemic that a sizable percentage of the population was too gaslit to think straight without hurting themselves and others in the process.

Well, shit, apparently the Canadian government has discovered marketing and communications. News at 11.

You have no evidence that’s true other than the word of a habitual liar. It makes you look naive and weak.

Then why is the info you constantly regurgitate always missing any concrete facts.

Nice cherry picking, here's the full quote.... Admittedly, Canadian life expectancy in 2023 of 81.7 years is higher than it was in 1990 at 77.5 years, but, for the past three out of four years, it has declined in absolute terms and is not keeping up with increases in all these other nations. OECD statistics on life expectancy can be found on its website.

Typical attack the presenter, not the facts. Taxpayers federation has more credibility than some nefarious flying baby.

Yup. The only one I've heard of that surfaced around here was way back in 1942 off Estevan.

Didn't you call him a liar when he said he wasn't colluding with Russia? Didn't you call him a liar when he said Obama spied on him? Didn't you call him a liar when he said millions voted illegally? All proven true now. So, if you are calling him a liar, that is almost certainly proof he's correct. But Trump isn't saying that this boat full of thugs are narco terrorists. Hegseth and our intelligence services are.

Yes, but they must say before hiring them that this is what they will turn them into: killers.

25 of them were liberal. and we maintained our ranking without sliding during the harper years. Again, harper increased medical spending per capita, trudeau and chretien did not. they increased it at a far lower rate than anyone else. Other countries all increased theirs much more. The liberals held canadians back and now we die sooner than we should. What do have to say to that? Well @Barquentine? Care to comment on your dishonesty? Again liberals have cut medical funding under chretien AND justin, while harper increased it per capita. Soooo... are you so desperte to protect your liberals that you're ok with Canadians dying sooner?

Back to begging again i see I assume you're typing on your knees now? No, Goddess claims you're a 12 year old. I said you're a teen. No, i just laugh at you. You tend to 'best' yourself no effort is required on my part Remember when you posted ass porn for like 2 weeks straight? LOLOL i mean there's nothing i need to add to that Again you self-outwit i just laugh watching the show You can't 'outwit' the witless. You are basically the equivalent of making a cat chase a laser pointer. Some may say that's taking advantage of a dumb animal's stupidity, but it's still funny. You literally wake up every morning and go around to find all my posts to put little down arrows on them You literally spend all day trying to beg and cry and plead for people to pay attention to you , Kid, everyone over the age of 20 recoginizes your behavior. You're a starved for attention child with self esteem issues who's desperately looking for my approval and the approval of people like goddess and many others here. It's as clear as day to everyone. Sorry to burst your bubble

And often died alone, never getting to see their family one last time. Not to mention the effect that has on the families, knowing their loved ones died like that. At least there was SOME sort of argument early on for isolating seniors as they were at risk, but the children... kids didn't die of covid in any numbers that mean anything, and yet we've probably seriously damaged an entire generation, millions and millions of them.

LOL kiddo if you were old enough for me to 'Try to best", there'd be no need for me to explain for the 10,000,000th time that nobody is trying to best you You already come pre-worst. 😆😆😆😆 I'm just laughing at you. Just like nobody's besting a cat by making it chase a laser pointer And the fact you haven't been able to understand that pretty much proves you're not an adult yet