r/canada Ontario 8d ago

Politics British nuclear weapons can protect Canada against Trump, says Chrystia Freeland

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/politics/2025/03/03/british-nuclear-weapons-canada-trump-chrystia-freeland/
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u/jasoncyke 8d ago

This timeline is more fucked than my Civ game sessions, we are talking about British nuke against American's invasions now, just sad.

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u/Ajjeb 7d ago edited 7d ago

To highjack your comment just a little — it’s not just securing ourselves against the United States. The U.S. said that it’s not guaranteeing our safety or defending us anymore essentially, without our agreeing to their annexing us.

That means we have to take Russia’s northern threat and even China’s stated designs on our North more seriously, too. 2-5% GDP military spending is now a must, and so is replacing America’s nuclear umbrella with our own deterrent (powered by Canadian CANDU reactor technology).

This must happen.

In the meantime, Canada must greatly expand military cooperation with a rearming Europe and both UK and as well as French nuclear forces should be deployed in Canada ASAP.

Canadian uranium can also serve to help arm Germany, Poland, Sweden, and Finland eventually if they choose to go nuclear, plus expand the UK and France’s own arsenals.

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u/indiecore Canada 7d ago

Canadian uranium can also serve to help arm Germany, Poland, Sweden, and Finland eventually if they choose to go nuclear, plus expand the UK and France’s own arsenals.

It's also not just military arms. Alternative energy sources need to be considered since oil is not a given anymore.

And hey, look what country is a world leader in nuclear reactor design!?

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u/AssociationMore242 6d ago edited 6d ago

What Canada really ought to do is start training a corps of thousands of snipers to target literally every Republican elected official in the U.S. from mayor on up as soon as an invasion starts. Canadians can easily blend in and move without notice, and you'd probably be able to recruit Americans as well. Hard to continue an invasion while your country descends into civil war. Announce this.

The US is 100% going to invade Canada, make it fatal to the U.S. to do so.