Until they don't anymore, and that could change on a moment's notice.
To get defense funding.
Canada is a founding member of NATO. It would be unthinkable of the U.S. not to cone to it’s aid.
Any nuclear attack on Canada would have a huge negative impact on the U.S. Radiation knows no borders.
The US most certainly would defend Canada!
The US would also defend Mexico.
This general is spouting bullshit :-/
Canada has long avoided joining the US ballistic missile defence programme, under the assumption that the US would shoot down a nuclear missile heading for its northern neighbour anyway.
Because it fits the left’s narrative
Canada and the U.S. were two of NATO's founding nations. We have stood by each other since then.
A Russian nuclear attack on either the U.S. or Canada would be a attack on the other. North Korea is no different.
I suspect General St-Amand is simply trying to make Canadian MPs understand that a nation always has to be prepared to stand alone, even when it has strong alliances. Too often US allies - even very close US allies - start to take the umbrella of American protection for granted. It's supposed to be a two way street - not an excuse to neglect your own defence.
This guy is full of crap. If the norks lobbed a missile at anywhere near the west coast of north america, they would be on the receiving end of a veritable shit storm.
He’s a Royal Canadian Air Force Lieutenant general who works for the Trudeau regime. IOW, he’s talking out of his ass, as his boss does.
Let’s put the general’s comments into perspective. No. Korea views Canada as “friendly, etc” because they know that Trudeau Junior is, like his father, a Marxist who won’t oppose another Marxist state. PERIOD.
The treason is spreading.
Well, Canada certainly is not defending us from the wicked wrath of Islam.
the attitude of the clueless snowflakes up here is: good, we want to distance ourselves from Trump anyway.
They are too stupid to realize that a great circle missile flight from NKorea to Manhattan goes right over Canada.
If it falls short it looks like it will hit Douchebag Central - Ottawa, Ontario.
On a positive note: if Kim Il Sung’s missile is a little offline, it might hit either Montreal, or Toronto.
However, it would be in the best interests of defending the United States not to have nuclear fallout drifting across North America.
So while it may not be policy to defend Canada, it is policy to prevent damage to the US, particularly nuclear damage from that whack-job in NK.
Now, I understand that there are a limited number of very expensive interceptors available. There are no-where near enough (nor will there ever be enough) to deter or counter a strike from Russia. There *may* be enough to deter/counter a strike from China. There are more than enough to deter/counter the few IRBMs or ICBMs NK could loft at us...well. launch on us before all their launch sites, development/assembly/test sites are destroyed.
This is at best misleading NEWS.
What the article is actually saying is that “Canada has long avoided joining the US ballistic missile defence programme, under the assumption that the US would shoot down a nuclear missile heading for its northern neighbour anyway.”
Dear Canadians, you know what the say about ASSUME! It makes an ASS out of “U” and ME.
What should be said is that Canada can't count on the US shooting down missiles headed toward Canada. It can count on the US defending Canada once it has been attacked, but If Canada wants the USA to shoot down missiles aimed at it, then Canada will need to join the ballistic missile defense program.
Aren’t they a NATO member? Aren’t we obliged?
Washington D.C. - 4 April 1949
Article 5
The Parties agree that an armed attack against one or more of them in Europe or North America shall be considered an attack against them all and consequently they agree that, if such an armed attack occurs, each of them, in exercise of the right of individual or collective self-defence recognised by Article 51 of the Charter of the United Nations, will assist the Party or Parties so attacked by taking forthwith, individually and in concert with the other Parties, such action as it deems necessary, including the use of armed force, to restore and maintain the security of the North Atlantic area.
Any such armed attack and all measures taken as a result thereof shall immediately be reported to the Security Council. Such measures shall be terminated when the Security Council has taken the measures necessary to restore and maintain international peace and security.
Regards,
We may not have a formal agreement - likely because Canada doesn’t really have a lot to offer in return and her “National Pride” gets in the way. Best guess is we would defend her with vigor. The General is either rabble rousing or sees an opportunity for increasing the might he helps command.