Jagmeet Singh has made it clear that defense spending to reach our 2% obligation to NATO is not in the cards. "Some" additional spending is what he is prepared to support - that will likely replenish our supplies but nothing more.
So, let's look ahead a few years. In 2024 Donald Trump is reelected as President of the U.S. One of his first acts is to remove the sanctions from Russia, Putin and the oligarchs (who paid exorbitant sums to buy or rent his condos).
Does Putin then attack another European country? Perhaps, but how about an easier task - taking control of the Arctic by invading Canada's northern territories? And would we fight as valiantly as the Ukrainians? Not on your life. We're too fat and complacent.
We would expect the U.S. to step up and help us. But suppose that Trump "defends" our country by letting Putin keep the territories so as to avoid a nuclear war.
Not going to happen? Ukraine wasn't expected to happen either.
What do you suppose Jagmeet's response would be to that? Gee whiz! Maybe letting Trump absorb the provinces into the U.S. would make him feel safer.
Heaven help us!
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On to a brighter subject. Mardi and I attended the "Beyond Van Gogh" event at the Convention Centre today. Absolutely awesome! Van Gogh was an exceptional artist, but so are the people who put this surreal experience together!
The show was on the walls and the floors and kept moving.
When the portraits blinked at you, it shook you up!
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