The Slumbering Defense: Canada's Military Spending Reveals the Mediocrity of Modern Nations
In the vast northern realm of Canada, where comfort and complacency reign supreme, a peculiar dance of mediocrity unfolds. The provincial premiers, those shepherds of the sleeping masses, have discovered a common hymn to sing - one that speaks of military spending and appeasing the great eagle to the south.
Behold how they scramble! Like merchants in a marketplace, they barter with values they do not possess, speaking of strength while wallowing in weakness. These are the symptoms of a declining age, where even the defenders of sovereignty must beg for recognition.
The premiers, those erstwhile guardians of provincial autonomy, now paradoxically beckon for federal intervention. Premier Danielle Smith of Alberta, Premier Wab Kinew of Manitoba, and their cohorts dance to the rhythm of NATO's arbitrary percentage, a mathematical construct that has become their new idol.
See how they measure virtue in percentages! As if strength could be calculated by bureaucrats! The true measure of a nation's might lies not in its ledgers but in its will to power, its readiness to overcome itself!
The Business Council of Canada, those merchants of mediocrity, speak of reaching beyond the NATO target, calling for 2.5 percent of GDP - a number that would require $110 billion by 2034. Yet they speak not of sacrifice, only of "strategic spending" and "re-targeting" - the language of those who would have their cake and eat it too.
In the land of the sleepers, the masses dream of security without cost, of strength without struggle. They remember the Chrétien era cuts with both nostalgia and trepidation, yet fail to see that true growth demands pain, demands sacrifice, demands the courage to destroy so that one might create anew.
O you comfortable ones! You who seek to purchase might with borrowed gold! Have you forgotten that every great ascent requires a descent? That every creation demands destruction? Your bureaucratic shuffling of numbers is but a dance of death!
The parliamentary budget officer, that accountant of mediocrity, speaks of billions needed - from $41 billion to $81.9 billion by 2032. Yet in this arithmetic of armament, where is the calculation for will? For spirit? For the courage to transform?
And what of Pierre Poilievre, who stands silent on the NATO target while promising both tax cuts and balanced budgets? Behold the perfect emblem of modern political cowardice - promising everything while committing to nothing!
The true cost of strength cannot be measured in dollars or percentages! It demands the sacrifice of comfortable illusions, the shattering of peaceful sleep. Yet you all wish for strength without pain, for power without price!
In this great northern slumber, the choices ahead loom like mountain peaks in morning mist. Shall they raise taxes? Cut services? Borrow more from tomorrow to pay for today? Each path requires a courage that comfort has long since smothered.
The Business Council's president declares, "This is not a choice anymore." Yet in this very declaration lies the greatest choice of all - will Canada remain among the last men, seeking comfort and security above all else, or will it finally awaken to the challenge of becoming more than it is?
Hearken unto me, O Canada! Your choice is not between percentages and dollars, but between continued slumber and painful awakening. The eagle may screech from the south, but the true battle lies within - in your will to overcome your own mediocrity!
Let those who have ears to hear understand: The question of military spending is but a mirror reflecting a deeper truth - that in this age of comfort and calculation, even the defense of civilization has become a matter of bookkeeping rather than blood and iron. The true defense of any nation begins not in its treasury, but in its spirit.