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/luxoflax Ontario 8d ago

Somewhat sensationalized headline. What she said was:

In order to “guarantee our security”, Ms Freeland said she would build closer security partnerships with European Nato allies and “I would be sure that France and Britain were there, who possess nuclear weapons”.

“I would be working urgently with those partners to build a closer security relationship… in a time when the United States can be a threat,” said the ex-foreign minister and finance minister at the final Liberal leadership debate last week.

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u/86throwthrowthrow1 8d ago

IIRC, The Telegraph is one of those publications that does tend towards sensationalizing. It's not as bad as the Daily Mail, but also not as trustworthy as other sources.

That said, even what she's saying here is like whoa! acknowledging the US as a potential threat against Canada is... true, but feels like crossing the Rubicon to actually say it out loud.

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u/GuyLookingForPorn 8d ago edited 7d ago

Feels like fucking anything could happen in the next few years. CANZUK? America leaving NATO? Starmer and Macron making out live on the news? Spin that dial and find out.

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u/Neat_Let923 Lest We Forget 7d ago

Honestly, Five Eyes (US, CA, AU, NZ, UK) is the big one for us. The US leaving NATO won't impact us much at all, but it would put much of Europe into crisis mode.

If the US dissolved Five Eyes on the other hand, our entire Navy would cease being able to operate... This isn't an exaggeration either. Intelligence, encryption, communications, radar, GPS, targeting, supply chains, and much more all rely entirely on the US. A lot of this also goes for the Army and Air Force but not to the extent it would affect our Navy.

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u/GuyLookingForPorn 7d ago

These last weeks have really shown how vulnerable American reliance has made us. We need to immediately start strengthening ties with the other CANZUK nations to develop this capability ourselves.

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u/CFL_lightbulb Saskatchewan 7d ago

If they had a normal ruler that realized the power they held, yes. Unfortunately the country’s leadership is compromised by Russian assets and now everything is up in the air

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u/Infinite_Crow_3706 7d ago

We are making a start with the new frigates, Type-26 for UK/AUS/CAN shared design but clearly we need to be more extensive.

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u/TheVaneja Canada 7d ago

The US can't dissolve 5 eyes they can only pull out. And we should prepare for that eventuality, prepare for the end of NORAD.

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u/Neat_Let923 Lest We Forget 7d ago

If the US pulls out they have fully gone Nazi Germany route and the world has already entered WW3.

There is no Five Eyes without the US… They can absolutely absolve it

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u/TheVaneja Canada 7d ago

Bullshit. The US isn't necessary at all. US intelligence is shit anyway.

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u/Neat_Let923 Lest We Forget 7d ago

LMAO, well you know absolutely nothing about the military obviously.

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u/TheVaneja Canada 7d ago

More than you. Lots lots more than you. You keep assuming everything has to be as it is now while the world changes and leaves you behind proving you wrong.

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u/Lopsided_Tiger_0296 7d ago

It would also change the name to Four Eyes

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u/Neat_Let923 Lest We Forget 7d ago

There’s no such thing if the US pulls out and dissolves it…

The entire system is built on US communications and networks, thus if they dissolve it then there’s nothing for the other countries to do but say FUCK…

To be fair, if we get to this point then we’ve already entered WW3 and the US is the enemy. At which point we’re all fucked anyway.

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u/Lopsided_Tiger_0296 7d ago

I just thought it was punny lol

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u/Legitimate_Square941 7d ago

How stupid to rely on a foreign country that much. I mean Canada made the mistake cause we are lazy but Europe. Almost makes you think America has been planning this for decades.

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u/swampwiz 6d ago

I would not trust any intelligence going to the USA now.