the americanization of the canadian military
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The Americanization of the Canadian Military. Two Visions. Post 9/11 Impacts. “Either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists.” (Bush 2001) - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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The Americanization of the Canadian Military
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Two Visions
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Post 9/11 Impacts “Either you are with
us, or you are with the terrorists.” (Bush 2001)
“Traditional U.S. allies will find that calls for military, diplomatic and other support from Washington will be regarded a test of their loyalty.” (DND analysts 2001)
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Fortress North America Pressure from U.S.
to increase military spending
Buy U.S.-built military equipment
Join U.S.-led missions
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The Defence Lobby and Corporate Lobby alliance
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Canadian decisions “Yes” to 2002 invasion of
Afghanistan “No” to 2003 invasion of Iraq “No” to missile defence in 2005 “Yes” to military spending increases
and military transformation
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Military Spending 2005-2006 $14.68 billion Only 7% below
spending at end of the Cold War
One of the highest in NATO in real dollars
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NATO military spending 2004 (est. U.S. millions)
$10,207Turkey8$11,601$11,601CanadaCanada77
$12,632Spain6
$16,730Russian Federation (not NATO)
$30,642Italy5
$37,920Germany4
$48,918United Kingdom3
$462,099United States1
$51,877France2
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Military salaries have already been increased
New recruit, 18 years old
$29,000 yr(or $2421 per month)
3rd year in CF, 20 years old.
$42,600 yr (or $3,556 per month)
$26,500 per year
$40,000 per year
Sales & Service
National average of all FT workers
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Budget 2005 $12.8 billion added
over 5 years Increase of 34% Ralph Goodale:
“Largest defence increase in 20 years.”
Conference of Defence Associations: “It’s staggering!”
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New Spending in Budget 2005 (millions over 5 years)
$5,000
2,700
1,000
3,400
12,800
Childcare Seniors GreenhseGas
Aid Military
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Budget 2005
Canada’s Military Spending 1980-2010
$14.68 Billion 2005-06
$20 Billion by 2009-10
Highest since WWII
Canada’s Military Spending 1980-2010
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Transformation from UN peacekeeper to U.S.-led war-fighter
“Our job is to be able to kill people.”
“These are detestable murderers and scumbags.”
“…we're not going to let them rob from Canada.”
Lt. Gen. Rick Hiller
Chief of Defence Staff
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War-fighting with AmericaWar-fighting with America
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War-fighting with America $150 million (U.S.)
on Joint Strike Fighter program
$1 billion on submarines
$2.6 billion on CF-18 upgrades, incl. laser-guided bombs
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War-fighting with America 2,000 troops being
deployed to Afghanistan with U.S. & NATO
“This is not a peacekeeping mission.”
Relieving 4,000 U.S. troops for Iraq
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Afghanistan Canadian commandos
are operating with U.S. forces under U.S. command
They have killed combatants and handed prisoners over to U.S. military for “interrogation.”
Afghanistan
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A Secret Army? JTF2 Commandos
Arms purchases
Afghanistan combat operations
Missile defence
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Election 2006
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Harper’s Defence Platform Implement Liberal
program and increases, plus an additional $5.3 over 5 years
Defence spending will reach $25 billion per year by 2010
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Airborne Battalion
SOMALIASOMALIA
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Strategic Transport
$2 billion$2 billion
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Arctic Defence
$3-5 billion$3-5 billion
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Harper will reopen missile defence If requested, will
reopen missile defence discussions with U.S.
Will bring a deal to Parliament for a (non-binding) free vote.
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Dangers of Afghanistan Clear mission? Public support? Exit strategy? Canadian priority
or US priority? Risk of casualties? Are we keeping the
social contract with our troops?
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Suicide Bombings: Deadly Trend in Afghanistan (G&M, Jan 2006)
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Abandoning the U.N.
For every $10.00 spent on int’l missionshow much was spent on UN-led missions?
1992-93
2004-05
$9.27 ($473 of $510 million)
$0.31($34 million of $1.1
billion)
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Ranking of Military and PoliceContributions to UN OperationsMonth of Report : 31-Dec-05
16 ) Sri Lanka 1012
17 ) Argentina 897
18 ) Namibia 890
19 ) Egypt 742
20 ) Ukraine 720
21 ) Poland 705
22 ) France 582
23 ) Chile 570
24 ) Tunisia 524
25 ) Niger 498
26 ) Philippines 483
27 ) Ireland 473
28 ) Zambia 451
29 ) Austria 424
30 ) Benin 421
30 ) Benin 421
31 ) USA 387
32 ) Canada 32 ) Canada 387387
33 ) UK 379
34 ) Togo 328
35 ) Sweden 327
36 ) Germany 293
37 ) Slovakia 292
1 ) Bangladesh 9529
2 ) Pakistan 8999
3 ) India 7284
4 ) Jordan 3703
5 ) Nepal 3466
6 ) Ethiopia 3410
7 ) Ghana 2520
8 ) Uruguay 2428
9 ) Nigeria 2412
10 ) South Africa 2010
11 ) Senegal 1845
12 ) Morocco 1706
13 ) Kenya 1482
14 ) Brazil 1270
15 ) China 1059
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Make Poverty History?
Military spending
Foreign aid
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Lost opportunities
One helicopter (28 bought for $178 million each)
1500 homes
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Lost opportunities Two helicopters
Annual budget of Dalhousie University
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Canadians must reclaim defence policy Freeze military
spending Prevent integration
with Pentagon Review defence
policy & role in the world
Include public participation
Canadians must reclaim defence policy
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Steven Staples, Polaris Institute
www.polarisinstitute.org www.ceasefire.ca (sign up for
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