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Opinion: We need to prepare for the possibility that the U.S. uses military coercion against Canada
(www.theglobeandmail.com)
this post was submitted on 06 Jan 2026
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That's crazy indeed. I think it's a positive development in some regards.
Is it? So far all I've seen from these US threats is our government use them to pass bills that increase and quicken resource extraction, bypassing environmental protections and alike.
5% increase in military spending with no new tax increases, just reductions in civil service sizes.
They're basically using this to frighten us into giving our oligarchs everything they've wanted.
Yeah, that's a major downside. That said, the threat is real. Probably more an economic one than military, but nevertheless they are capable of forcing us to give them our resources to extract and exploit our labour to line their oligarchs' pockets. So I think it's good to acknowledge the threat but we need to respond with strengthening our economy, production capacity, self-reliance, and most of all - our social cohesion via getting more of what we produce into the hands of the workers that produce it. Chances are our government won't be going in that direction since it's not profitable for their largest donors, but we have to work to force them to.
E: When I say stronger economy I don't mean what Carney's doing, trampling the environment and people to line oligarchic pockets. I mean an economy that benefits working people much more than what we have now. Directly via higher wages, indirectly by producing more domestic goods, providing quality universal care and so on.