What is the PPC policy on National Defence?
Canada needs to be able to protect itself and fulfill its international obligations, promoting world peace and security. Since at least 1960 we have been little more than shameless freeloaders, not paying our fair share of contributions towards either the NATO or NORAD treaties to which we are a party. It is high time that we realized this and did a bit more than our share to make up for all the years when we have done so much less than we should have. We would vastly increase the size and capabilities of the three elements of The Canadian Armed Forces, including 30 fighter squadrons, two aircraft carrier battle groups, ten modern submarines, new main battle tanks and wheeled armour vehicles plus a standing force of 150,000 plus the same number of reserves. By having the new Zone governments deliver many federal and provincial services, we could drastically slash the size of the federal and provincial field bureaucracies. We believe this would allow at least $20 billion to be added to
