This is why I really, really hate Carney. He talk about how the new world order and how the old order is breaking down and how Canada and the rest need to abandon globalization as it demonstrates its potential for abuse (gee, right now? Some people have been saying it for decades). Yet at the exact same time he kowtows to US tech companies, is trying to pass (and probably going to pass) massive surveillance and control over civilians that will destroy any semblance of privacy, and those same bills are going to 100% share all that information with not only US governmental agencies, but also private companies. Don't get me started on Bill C-15 that wants to make Canadian companies (and probably many US companies working in Canada) exempt from civil law. Maybe those bills will be amended to make them less 'extreme' but they will still ultimately pass and have a lot of the bullshit they want kept in. I wish those bills could be thrown out all together, but they won't, they never are.
He is also increasing the military budget but wants to focus on 'unconventional' warfare since Canada will never be able to defeat the US military in a straight fight. Good idea... but why is it making it so much more difficult by still having 100% intelligence sharing with the Americans that will make pockets of resistance (both regular and reserve military and maybe civilians banding together) far less effective and easier to quash?
Edit: One of the unconventional war aspects he says is a 'civilianized' fighting force. Basically meaning militias or discharged soldiers taking up arms out of uniform. This is already going to be VERY difficult. The Americans already have a list of everyone with a RPAL/PAL (but maybe not what firearms they have registered in their names) and probably already know who is and who isn't military or ex-military. I know this because I have a valid RPAL and a long time ago I was stopped by a cop in the US (accidental traffic violation) and after the guy took my license and registeration, he called for backup and I had several other police cars with lights on. The whole thing didn't result in anything other than the usual ticket for me, but I was very confused by the delay and the fact that several other police cars showed up for what was a very minor traffic violation. He told me that he saw that I had a firearms permit and needed time to talk to the RCMP about it.
it was really fucking weird and kinda unnerving as to how much they know.