‘If it comes to a U.S. invasion, no amount of military spending on our part is going to defend us from that’
  • threeonefour@piefed.caEnglish
    61·
    3 days ago

    Lots of conflicting opinions in this article, but it is written by a Toronto Star columnist.

    Carney should take a firm stance with the US:

    During the election, Carney won on promises of an “elbows up” defence of Canadian sovereignty.

    And if that offends Donald Trump? “So be it.”

    However, Canada would immediately fall to US aggression (so dont piss off Trump?):

    McQuaig is critical of Carney’s strategy, and is alarmed by the suggestion that he plans to defend the Canadian border against the U.S. military. “We will never win,” she said.

    Carney needs to put money into public projects:

    Canada’s most urgent problems will not be solved by investing in the military, she said. Solutions to the housing crisis, cost of living, food insecurity, and the erosion of health and long-term care are more likely to be found through increased public investment.

    However, pushing through megaprojects is bad:

    “I’m concerned about all this fast-tracking of projects if it is going to compromise aspects of our democracy that are important, such as consultation with Indigenous people, giving them a fair voice, and various climate and environmental considerations.” “Preserving our democratic process is more important than any megaproject,” she said.

    Carney needs to be more diplomatic:

    "The answer is more international diplomacy, more cooperation, more understanding.”

    However, Carney should arrest the leader of Isreal:

    McQuaig went further and said Canada should assist the International Criminal Court (ICC) in apprehending Benjamin Netanyahu and placing him under arrest.

    • streetfestival@lemmy.caOPEnglish
      10·
      3 days ago

      I think McQuaig’s points are fairly coherent, aligned with a social democracy perspective

      “We should get back into public enterprise in this country, and by that I mean publicly owned by the people — institutions and programs and companies that can provide things for Canadians. We used to have Connaught Labs. It was publicly owned and a major manufacturer of drugs and vaccines… It was responsible for Banting and Best’s discovery of insulin.”

      In her book, McQuaig argues that Canada was built by massive public investment in building railways, housing projects, energy, medicare, and public spaces — but that that’s changed over the past 25 years, as governments have been on a privatization crusade.

      “If we want to strengthen Canada, let’s get back to doing things like that, and that could really make a difference and pull the country together and give it a sense of pride.”

      McQuaig says that removing regulations at the request of business leaders is simply the wrong move. “I’m concerned about all this fast-tracking of projects if it is going to compromise aspects of our democracy that are important, such as consultation with Indigenous people, giving them a fair voice, and various climate and environmental considerations.