I think most Canadians would even pitch in for this, if there were a clear plan for how to use the money.
however... just tax the wealthy
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For sure.
Tax the rich.
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.
We're going to need it. The neighbours of fascist nations always do.
We must not allow a boltholes in caves gap
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.
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.
While cutting on every other services
I'd be happy to sell them a rusty pitchfork for $1 billion, if that helps make it possible.
My pickfork is slightly less rusty and going for $999,999,998.99. Pick me DND pick me!