In the event that you were convinced that Ralph Goodale announced major increases to military spending in the budget, allow Damian Brooks to disabuse you of that notion.
Ralph Goodale’s big day has come and gone, and the final numbers for the military are out in the open: $500 million dollars more in the DND budget than last year.
Of the 12.8 billion in increases “promised” in the budget, $11.7 B is 2 years in the future (beyond the likely mandate of this government) and 8 billion had already been announced.
A reader writes;
They took out $20 billion from the military over 10 years and $2 billion from the RCMP, CSIS and Customs and Immigration. So they took out $22 billion and are putting back $13 billion and they call that an increase??
The RCMP, CSIS and Customs and Immigrations (CBSA today) need at least 5000 officers. How many have been hired with this $8 billion. When the government talks about border security, they are lumping in infrastructure such as bridges roads, warehouses which should be coming out of public works not security. When they talk about speeding traffic across the border, that’s what they are talking about, not increasing security manpower. Meanwhile the media sleep after being thrown a PR budget document to talk about for a couple of days.
This budget does absolutley NOTHING to address outstanding issues like this. It only takes more money out of our pockets, and gives it to the Liberal friendly bloodsucking special interest groups.
A bigger question would be, were the hell are the Conservatives, and how can the claim there satisfied with this budget?
Guess what people…..there’s now NO ONE to vote for… we’ve been SCREWED AGAIN!
This old 77 year old, working for the Conservatives for over 45 years is throwing in the towell with this lot, The Conservatives will never get another chance to bring this totally corrupt Gov’t down, the Libs have too many ridings locked up however this Budget “tool” can be used not only by the Gov’t to sway votes, but the Opposition to “sway” the Gov’t “out”! Remember what Diefenbacher said, ” It is the “duty” of the Opposition to bring the Gov’t down !” I say bring them down now or never. Steve ww 2 vet
Unfortunatlely Steve, it looks like the only way to bring all these rotton asses down is through separation or violence.
The Lib’s have been slowly infiltrating the west over the last 20 years trying to ram there almighty agenda down our throats, and at some point in time I’m afraid people are going to snap.
The pig with lipstick was out here today in Edm. claiming that it’s the auditor general that is the cause for the crime lab closing….yea right… :-\