ProudCanuck

Defence procurement in this country is insane, with each party blaming the other one for its mistakes, yet the sad reality is the problem is not the politicians, but the Canadians who vote for them. Defence spending and procurement have been neglected for decades because each side wants other things more. The left wants more spending on social programs, while the right demands deeper and deeper tax cuts. So where does the money come from? Why the biggest single departmental expense in the federal budget - national defence of course. Canadians themselves have voted selfishly for decades and even the war in Afghanistan didn't change that, aside perhaps for a few thousand people who watched from highway bridges as Canada's fallen came home from that conflict.