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Canada has run out of ammo, with no plan to reload: retired general Andrew Leslie
The Trudeau government chooses a ‘bewildering array of boutique allocations of funds.’ But defence comes last, says the soldier/politician
“The Liberal government sees defence spending as discretionary,” concludes Lt.-Gen.(ret’d) Andrew Leslie.
This, from a 35-year veteran of the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF), former chief of staff of the Canadian Army, and one-time Liberal MP under Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. This, from an artilleryman who knows what combat looks like on the battlefield and former politician who knows the treacherous terrain of budget wars in Ottawa.
Follow the money, he says: “They (the federal Liberal government) believe there’s a whole host of societal funding requirements, ranging from increases in healthcare, to daycare, to children getting breakfast at school — and a bewildering array of boutique allocations of funds to cater to voter-sensitive initiatives. And defence comes after all of that.”
Jack’s Note: Some of us have memories long enough to remember that Pierre Elliot Trudeau also treated the military in the same fashion. I watched it happen and finally left in disgust after 17 years because PET was a lefty lunatic, just like his son.
