This still pisses me off and it happened decades before I was even born. This move basically made us completely dependant on the United States to help protect us, instead of Canada being able to patrol it's own borders. I still don't think our political policies would've allowed for a massive military or anything, but I think we would've been one of the most advanced, we'd beat sheer numbers with better quality of equipment.
Instead...here we are today. Hell, if Greenland gets pissed off and invades what are we going to do? Fly some of our decaying helicopters out and hope the rain of debris is enough to deter them?
I think the worst thing is the loss of the personnel, I honestly think it started a trend where Canada's best and brightest just went to the States instead because they realized they'd at least be appreciated.
I mean, you'd think he would've reinstated the program when other countries phoned to ask if they could buy stuff, instead he just scraps everything, way to go genius.
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