Smol: Was Pierre Trudeau really the enemy of the Canadian Armed Forces?

Today, the elder Trudeau is still widely considered an anti-military, anti-NATO pacifist who starved the Canadian Armed Forces of financial support, personnel and equipment.Sign up to receive daily headline news from Ottawa Citizen, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. You may unsubscribe any time by clicking on the unsubscribe link at the bottom of our emails or any newsletter.

With our navy in the early 1970s largely sailing on 20- to 30-year-old ships, Trudeau’s supposedly “meagre” addition of four missile destroyers seemed ephemeral. This is probably why we thought it was long past due when the Trudeau government finally contracted and set the budget in 1983 for the construction of the first batch of Halifax frigates launched after he left office. Today, these ships are the mainstay of our navy and are expected to last until finally replaced by 2040.

Yes, in 2010, Stephen Harper’s minority Conservative government attempted to purchase 65 F-35s to replace the 70-odd remaining Trudeau-era F-18s. But that failed to launch and remained grounded even when Harper got a majority in 2011.Article content

It started with Deifenbaker when he cancelled the Avro Arrow and then carried on

Smol really turning on the truanon. PET planned NATO exit. Schmidt said no NATO, no EEC trade. PET tried to not buy F18's yet had to or leave NORAD. Tanks & ships were all in furtherance of Trade, defence was a happy byproduct.

Forget PET, and in gritty freedom Convoy diversity language fuuk Justin. We still have 6 sealskin kayaks 6 paper airplanes and an armament of 56 paper spit balls left over from elder trudeau fantasy days . Oh Canada!! We are protected. just ask the CBC.

The Canadian Armed Forces is the enemy of the Canadian Armed Forces. They should own their screwups.

Correction- Justin Trudeau is the enemy

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