No, it's not rocket science. Trump continually threatens to abandon NATO and its allies, so everyone else has to pick up the slack. Not because he wants it, but because it's an absolute necessity. I really don't see a credible argument that Canada shouldn't be investing in defence.

MAGA is a white supremacist phrase through and through. There is no excuse for repeating it.

A defensible position to take, but I think Carney's intent in using it is fairly clear, whether you agree with it or not.

And Carney did cancel the DST

That's why I used it as an example. The article should have, but didn't. There are a number of things that could legitmately be held up as examples of "appeasement," but I don't think the article did so.

[–] patatas@sh.itjust.works 1 points 50 minutes ago (1 children)

No, it’s not rocket science. Trump continually threatens to abandon NATO and its allies, so everyone else has to pick up the slack. Not because he wants it, but because it’s an absolute necessity. I really don’t see a credible argument that Canada shouldn’t be investing in defence.

No one is saying "Canada shouldn't be investing in defence", they are saying we shouldn't be doubling or tripling our military budget to satisfy Trump's demands, and that we should take a "diplomacy first" approach to conflict. Anyway, for comparison: Iran's total military budget IIRC is $8 billion. We already spend many times this amount. Besides, NATO has only ever come to the aid of the US, never the other way around.

[–] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 1 points 41 minutes ago (1 children)

we shouldn’t be doubling or tripling our military budget to satisfy Trump’s demands

I simply don't think many people would agree that that's the reason we're doing it.

[–] patatas@sh.itjust.works 1 points 35 minutes ago

policy by polling is not a good way to form your own opinion. Do you think we should be doubling or tripling our military budget?