Canada

It's probably on Canada's best interest to have more people serve. And that doesn't have to be a bad thing, it's kind of like a public servant job with extra steps. A lot of it is administrative or technical desk jobs. It's the one rare situation where conservatives will allow any sort of public spending or inflated budget, because it's camouflaged (literally).

So yeah sure, let's get the army to hire more civil engineers and put them to handle climate change infrastructure changes. Train more tactical operations and lend a hand on wildfire emergencies. The military is very flexible, and if it's a bipartisan approach to get more tax dollars dedicated to good things, go ahead.

Irrespective of the topic, I am a bit tired of this kind of journalism that accuses others - in this case, the "elite media" - of "cultivating public consent," while at the same time it is exactly what they are doing themselves.

That's a sensationalist headline that gives you the desired opinion (you don't even need to click) and a poor content ignoring major facts important to the issue that are not even mentioned.

Overall, they have a strong bias in narratives, it's by definition neither independent nor quality media imo.

Why does all of this shit sound like an evil corporate cabal doing even more dastardly shit? Clicks for fear...even more clicks for hate. There is more profit in a dark hell-scape than there is in the areas that contain sunshine, flowers, and critical thinking. Fuck capitalism!

Let's fucking gooooooooo!

Edit: The article posted is a biased hackjob by idiots pushing an agenda.

"Elite media" Uh, what? This is Canada, we don't have that here.

But once the Liberals won a minority government, they pledged to up it to a whopping five per cent by 2035,

NATO was in discussions for raising target spending long before the Liberal minority government. It was being pushed for since Russia invaded Ukraine. It was only finalized by NATO members at the June 2025 NATO summit in the Hague.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agreement_on_5%25_NATO_defence_spending_by_2035

We should all be willing to serve Canada's needs, and we absolutely need a much stronger military to survive the unfortunate dumpster fire that the rest of the world has chosen to make itself into. I would volunteer for service if they would have me (they won't, because I'm old and fat now and they aren't flexible enough to give me the support I would need to handle my other responsibilities while I would serve) but if we end up at war, you better damn believe I'm going to find a way to serve somehow, bureaucracy and other responsibilities be damned.

Behind the “elbows up” rhetoric, Carney’s increase in military spending will tie Canada closer to the U.S. One Canadian Army program will spend up to $500 million on U.S. equipment. Another major defence contract from last July included technical requirements that reduced candidates to just one U.S. company.

Sounds good, let's do it

And if it happens, I'll revolt just like my ancestors did.

EDIT: What a wonderful way to put the constitutional problems at the forefront and maybe cause a new crisis.

I want to serve in the military.

I don't want to hide at home like a pussy coward if my nation gets taken over, end of story.