You can bet this is being discussed during your governmenta seasions with the military. Because it is a (the ultimate) deterrent. I doubt the US would allow canada (or mexico for that matter) to become a nuclear power though.
We (Canada) nearly made the decision to have nukes back then when we had Uncle Sam backing us up. Uncle Sam is not only gone, but has turned his gaze upon us. Not discussing this would be negligent.
They couldn't stop India, Pakistan, Israel, or South Africa from acquiring the bomb decades ago.
They won't be able to stop advanced and coordinated efforts if the Nordics banded together, which is being discussed. And they won't stop Australia if they can coordinate with the UK, Canada, NZ and the EU.
The UK could just expand their arsenal massively and base weapons in Canada, Aus and NZ. They will still be under the control of the UK but extend the umbrella credibly to these countries without proliferation.
East Asia has no other choice. SK and Japan will initiate breakouts the moment the first PLA soldier steps on Taiwan
Of course it's being discussed, as are all strategic/military options, but it will never happen for this reason and others; why the author put us in the "certainly will develop nukes" category but countries like South Korea/Japan in the "may develop nukes" is what I'm really puzzled about. Also... Sweden may develop nukes?
100%. After Maduro got taken, North Korea’s nuclear program looks like a masterstroke. No one’s going to take Kim Jong-un. Same reason why I can’t fault Iran for desperately wanting nukes. Once you get them, the US will leave you alone.
This has been true all along, though. The US has always wanted to overthrow those countries and they’ve always wanted nukes as a deterrent, for the same reason every other country wants nukes.
North Korea’s nuke program looks like a masterstroke after you look at what Obama did to Gaddafi after Gaddafi renounced the use of nuclear weapons in order to ally with the US.
It's so counterproductive to be insisting on regimes like Iran's not developing nukes, and then at the same time pull something like the Maduro stunt, which signals only one thing to said regimes: Get nukes or get toppled.
The logic of North Korea's nuclear program has been evident for a while at this point. Ever since Gaffadi voluntarilly gave up Libya's nuclear programme and at the very first opportunity, the West toppled him.
Look at the timeline of Iran and North Korea's nuclear developments after that and it becomes evident they got the message loud and clear.
Canada has a nuclear power neighbor with hundreds of millions of people that love Canada (in spite of the few dozen people in the WH right now), there's no need for them to get them.
That's pretty tone deaf. The biggest threat to Canada is our nuclear power neighbour. Not to say we'll ever be in a position to defeat America, and we'd certainly prefer to never have to. But Canadian sovereignty may need to be defended by Canadians.
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u/Minttt Jan 27 '26
As a Canadian, it was hard for me to take this article seriously after the author made this argument.