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Petition to reconsider US military contracts and F-35s (www.ourcommons.ca)
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We, the undersigned, population of Canada, call upon the Government of Canada to reconsider existing and future military contracts with the United States of America, especially the acquisition of new F-35s.

Petition by Charlie Angus

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 hours ago

What can we do with the money instead?

We could create a cross-trained National Corps who would be skilled in guerrilla-style defensive warfare, and also in providing peacetime support to help deal with climate crisis and building out infrastructure. These corps could be deployed domestically and to support our allies in times of their crises.

Or we could build domestic manufacturing to build the types of equipment we need to defend ourselves. With the integrated automotive industry in desperate peril, can we re-tool the facilities and retrain the people to make what we need?

Or we could shore up support with our European and other worldwide allies and buy equipment from them.