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Originally Posted by Mojo_PeiPei
Yeah well Canada spends so little on their military that it has effectively fallen apart. If there were to be an attack on the great Canook stronghold of Canadia, they would certainly fall as they have no working navy or air force, and their army can't sustain itself in operations. They would need a lot of grit and determination, VC style!
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Canada is in the worlds top 10 navies.
This, admittedly, has more to do with the small size of the world's navies than anything else. But you have to ask, what are you defending against?
Russia, Japan, UK, France, Italy, USA, Germany. Maybe China by now. Who else has a navy that beats Canada's?
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Originally Posted by Charalatan
Taxes are high. So what? We get services for those taxes. Different approach than the US. Get over it. It works for us.
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To be fair, USA's GDP@PPP/capita is a good chunk higher than Canada's.
Of course, the income@PPP/capita for the lower 60% to 80% of the population in Canada is greater than the USAs. There is a large spike in the USA at the top of the income distribution that holds a huge amount of US income that Canada has to a much lesser extent. There isn't much anything
evil about that -- but it does mean that for most of the people, the higher GDP of the US does not translate to any higher standard of living.
Softwood lumber is just an example of the US not living up to a treaty for political reasons.