2. The Americanization of the Canadian Military

3. Two Visions

4. 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)

5. Fortress North America Pressure from U.S. to increase military spending Buy U.S.-built military equipment Join U.S.-led missions

6. The Defence Lobby and Corporate Lobby alliance

7. 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

8. 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

9. NATO military spending 2004 (est. U.S. millions) $10,207Turkey 8 $11,601Canada7 $12,632Spain 6 $16,730Russian Federation (not NATO) $30,642Italy 5 $37,920Germany 4 $48,918United Kingdom 3 $462,099United States 1 $51,877France 2

10. Military salaries have already been increased New recruit, 18 years old $29,000 yr (or $2421 per month) 3 rd 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

11. 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!”

12. New Spending in Budget 2005 (millions over 5 years)

13. 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

14. 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

15. War-fighting with America

16. $150 million (U.S.) on Joint Strike Fighter program $1 billion on submarines $2.6 billion on CF-18 upgrades, incl. laser-guided bombs

17. 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

18. 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

19. A Secret Army? JTF2 Commandos Arms purchases Afghanistan combat operations Missile defence

20. Election 2006

21. 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

22. Airborne Battalion SOMALIA

23. Strategic Transport $2 billion

24. Arctic Defence $3-5 billion

25. 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.

26. 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?

27. Suicide Bombings: Deadly Trend in Afghanistan (G&M, Jan 2006)

28. Abandoning the U.N. For every $10.00 spent on int’l missions how 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)

29. Ranking of Military and Police Contributions to UN Operations Month of Report : 31-Dec-05 16 ) Sri Lanka1012 17 ) Argentina897 18 ) Namibia890 19 ) Egypt742 20 ) Ukraine720 21 ) Poland705 22 ) France582 23 ) Chile570 24 ) Tunisia524 25 ) Niger498 26 ) Philippines483 27 ) Ireland473 28 ) Zambia451 29 ) Austria424 30 ) Benin421 30 ) Benin421 31 ) USA387 32 ) Canada 387 33 ) UK379 34 ) Togo328 35 ) Sweden327 36 ) Germany293 37 ) Slovakia292 1 ) Bangladesh9529 2 ) Pakistan8999 3 ) India7284 4 ) Jordan3703 5 ) Nepal3466 6 ) Ethiopia3410 7 ) Ghana2520 8 ) Uruguay2428 9 ) Nigeria2412 10 ) South Africa2010 11 ) Senegal1845 12 ) Morocco1706 13 ) Kenya1482 14 ) Brazil1270 15 ) China1059

30. Make Poverty History? Military spending Foreign aid

31. Lost opportunities One helicopter (28 bought for $178 million each) 1500 homes

32. Lost opportunities Two helicopters Annual budget of Dalhousie University

33. 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

34. Steven Staples, Polaris Institute www.polarisinstitute.org www.ceasefire.ca (sign up for our newsletters) www.ceasefire.ca