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[–] rbos@lemmy.ca 11 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) (2 children)

IMO, another worthy project would be preparing for an insurgency in the event of a US invasion. We could establish caches of weapons, food, etc all over the country for use by rebel forces. Boltholes in caves. Train Army personnel in insurgency tactics. Build up distributed drone manufacturing.

[–] OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca 14 points 10 hours ago

We're going to need it. The neighbours of fascist nations always do.

[–] kbal@fedia.io 8 points 10 hours ago

We must not allow a boltholes in caves gap

[–] psvrh@lemmy.ca 24 points 12 hours ago

For sure.

Tax the rich.

[–] nyan@lemmy.cafe 14 points 11 hours ago

Possible? I'm sure it is—Carney's area of expertise is money, so that isn't the kind of mistake I'd expect him to make.

Is it a good idea? Depends on both where the money is taken from and the details of where it ends up going.

[–] rbos@lemmy.ca 9 points 11 hours ago

There's a lot of pretty important Canadian military projects that could use the extra infusion of cash. Mostly related to the Navy and Coast Guard. We could re-onshore ship-building in Halifax and Vancouver and expand coastal patrols. We need much better icebreakers.

9 billion could be committed quite fast in a pinch, IMO.

[–] mrdown@lemmy.world 6 points 11 hours ago

While cutting on every other services

[–] kbal@fedia.io 7 points 13 hours ago

I'd be happy to sell them a rusty pitchfork for $1 billion, if that helps make it possible.