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Canada’s establishment is beating the drums for more military spending (breachmedia.ca)

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[–] homesweethomeMrL 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Sure - right-wing politics says more money for defense means less for unimportant social programs like health and education (and environment). Of course they are.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

"Defense" spending is also good news for the fossil fuel industry and the politicians in bed with it. As far as I know, military CO2 emissions aren't even included in most by-country greenhouse gas emission measurements