It’s notable that this guy is a former vice chief of the defense staff. The fact that such people get promoted to the highest positions in government explains a lot when it comes to the state this country is in. What Canada needs right now is serious critical thinking, not an unrelenting bromide stream and appeals for national suicide.

I submit we are under attack and more significantly, so too is the global system upon which our security and prosperity are based. In response we need to rapidly deploy all available instruments of national power with maximal effect. This may need to include otherwise previously unthinkable actions such as shutting off our oil and gas, electrical power and critical supplies, as well as the abandonment of historic diplomatic and military relationships and commitments. We must also convince our other allies — those kids on the sidelines of the schoolyard — that they too have a responsibility to act as they are at risk as much as we are.