US EditionCanada Fears They’re Next
Canada plans to increase defence spending to 2% of GDP, expand reserves, and review the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement amid concerns over U.S. hemispheric claims and sovereignty threats.
- On June 9, Prime Minister Mark Carney toured the Fort York Armoury, boosting soldiers' pay and funding jets and submarines to meet NATO's 2% GDP target while reviewing the US‑Mexico‑Canada Agreement.
- After moves in Venezuela and Greenland, Carney called President Donald Trump’s actions 'final wake-up calls' and noted the administration’s declaration `THIS IS OUR HEMISPHERE` rattled Canada.
- Canada's armed forces remain small, with regular and primary reserve forces totaling fewer than 100,000, while Canada-US trade is about 85% tariff-free with almost 70% of exports to the U.S.
- Analysts warn of foreign meddling via so‑called 'Maple MAGAs' and 'grey MAGA money', while Alberta may push toward an independence referendum amid Canadian media alarm over military coercion.
- In the longer term, Carney aims to double Canada's exports over the next decade while authors Thomas Homer-Dixon and colleagues urge expanding the civil defence force, learning from Finland's defences, and making coercion enormously costly with a national drone strategy.
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Sydney Morning Herald
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El Periódico
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