opps, Mixing and pasting from different threads does not work like that... :)
Let me try again.
Here's rational for you.
It's quite simply. Canada is too freaking cheap to even spend money on a defense system for their own people.
There is but one reason Martin did this. MONEY. IF you don't join you won't be expected to help pay for the system that will eventually protect your sorry ass.
Of course after the last 20 years of massive slide to socialism that's what is expected up there.
I have spent enough time in Canakistan to hear and read all the smarmy comments about the US and how we SHOULD protect you freeloaders because we can afford it.
Well here's a news flash for you. The reason we can afford it is because we put it as a priority over a 6 month state paid maternity leaves, nationalized health care and other nonsense.
From all accounts up here there was to be no cost to Canada, so money was not the issue. In fact that's why the decision Martin made was even more crazy.