plays a very important role worldwide. Canada was part of both World War I and World War II. They also played a very strong role in fight against terrorism in Afghanistan and Iraq. Canadian
Canadian army is losing soldiers at a very high rate. If this continues, there may not be an army in the future to protect Canada. One of the main reason Canadian army is losing soldiers at a high rate is because they fail to recruit more people. Joining the army is just not an option for young generation anymore and the seniors members of the army are retiring every day. Few reasons Canadian army fails to recruit more people is their lack of benefits, low salary and not properly functioning equipment. Military people are under paid for the service they …show more content…
Canadian Air Forces still uses half a century old Sea Kings. Helicopters. In July of 2013, entire fleet of Sea Kings were grounded. Canada has already lost 16 Sea Kings and their numbers are going down by the day. It cost Canada a fortune to run them as well. To run the Sea King for an hour, they require almost 30 hours of maintain. This means most Sea Kings are barely in the air. This makes Canada’s air support weak and open to terror attacks. In 2002, when Canadian troops were deployed to Afghanistan, they were left very vulnerable due to lack of air support. They had to cover most ground by land which put the soldiers’ life at risk as well. The number one of cause of casualties for Canadian soldiers were IED. It’s not only the helicopters that require replacement. Canadian fighter jets are due of replacement as well. Canadas 1980 CF-18 cost more to repair them then to actually buy them. However, due to lack of funding and the low number of fighter jets, Canada still used them. Previous conservative government ran by Stephen Harper ordered F-35 to replace the current F-18s. The current government run by Justin Trudeau, ran his election and promised to cancel the order of the F-35s and ordered a new batch of f-18s. Getting the new F-35s would cost Canadians almost 30billion dollars. However, it was something Canadian Air Force definitely …show more content…
However our navy just do not have the proper equipment to protect it. Canada has 1.6 million km long coast line but to protect Canada only has 1 functioning submarine. Despite having the longest coast line, Canadian Navy does not even make it to top 10 strongest Navy in the world. A weaker navy not only makes Canada vulnerable to sea attacks but it creates a huge challenge for Canada to protect the arctic. Protecting the arctic is Canada’s fundamental duty. It is the home on may indigenous Canadians who have been living there for generations. Canada should not protect arctic just to protect the habitat of indigenous people but also to protect the natural resources. Having a smaller military power may benefit Canada, as it gives them more money to spend on more social aid like health care and they can rely on their allies to protect them. Canada is part of NATO. A North American Treaty Organization that was created in 1949. It was created by a combination of 28 North American and European countries. The treaty was aimed to protect one another. This treaty mentions that if an armed attack takes place on any of this 28 countries, it is an attack on the allay. In order to protect one another each country must contribute 2% of its total GDP to their defense spending. Canada deliberately fails to maintain that commitment and risk its position in NATO. Canada needs to up its funding for its entire defense system. With terror attacks on the rise,
Canadian army is losing soldiers at a very high rate. If this continues, there may not be an army in the future to protect Canada. One of the main reason Canadian army is losing soldiers at a high rate is because they fail to recruit more people. Joining the army is just not an option for young generation anymore and the seniors members of the army are retiring every day. Few reasons Canadian army fails to recruit more people is their lack of benefits, low salary and not properly functioning equipment. Military people are under paid for the service they …show more content…
Canadian Air Forces still uses half a century old Sea Kings. Helicopters. In July of 2013, entire fleet of Sea Kings were grounded. Canada has already lost 16 Sea Kings and their numbers are going down by the day. It cost Canada a fortune to run them as well. To run the Sea King for an hour, they require almost 30 hours of maintain. This means most Sea Kings are barely in the air. This makes Canada’s air support weak and open to terror attacks. In 2002, when Canadian troops were deployed to Afghanistan, they were left very vulnerable due to lack of air support. They had to cover most ground by land which put the soldiers’ life at risk as well. The number one of cause of casualties for Canadian soldiers were IED. It’s not only the helicopters that require replacement. Canadian fighter jets are due of replacement as well. Canadas 1980 CF-18 cost more to repair them then to actually buy them. However, due to lack of funding and the low number of fighter jets, Canada still used them. Previous conservative government ran by Stephen Harper ordered F-35 to replace the current F-18s. The current government run by Justin Trudeau, ran his election and promised to cancel the order of the F-35s and ordered a new batch of f-18s. Getting the new F-35s would cost Canadians almost 30billion dollars. However, it was something Canadian Air Force definitely …show more content…
However our navy just do not have the proper equipment to protect it. Canada has 1.6 million km long coast line but to protect Canada only has 1 functioning submarine. Despite having the longest coast line, Canadian Navy does not even make it to top 10 strongest Navy in the world. A weaker navy not only makes Canada vulnerable to sea attacks but it creates a huge challenge for Canada to protect the arctic. Protecting the arctic is Canada’s fundamental duty. It is the home on may indigenous Canadians who have been living there for generations. Canada should not protect arctic just to protect the habitat of indigenous people but also to protect the natural resources. Having a smaller military power may benefit Canada, as it gives them more money to spend on more social aid like health care and they can rely on their allies to protect them. Canada is part of NATO. A North American Treaty Organization that was created in 1949. It was created by a combination of 28 North American and European countries. The treaty was aimed to protect one another. This treaty mentions that if an armed attack takes place on any of this 28 countries, it is an attack on the allay. In order to protect one another each country must contribute 2% of its total GDP to their defense spending. Canada deliberately fails to maintain that commitment and risk its position in NATO. Canada needs to up its funding for its entire defense system. With terror attacks on the rise,