Traditionally, Canadians are puzzled as o why Americans do not like spending on social programs...Many of those Americans, though, would point to horrendous wastage in some areas of their civil service (I am not commenting on some wastage is going to happen, think of the necessity versus the cost, etc.), and they would have a "good point"..

Funny, I was struck when I saw the "13 retired RCAF generals", and thought, really 13??? - for an air-force, that could not adequately stock as single air wing attached to a single US aircraft carrier (they have 10 or eleven, and that is not even their air force)...

Instead of staffing up, and funding like Australia (if Canada did so, on a proportional basis, Canada would have to spend over 2x what it currently does, and that would not even come close to making up for all the years of neglect, under-investment, etc.), disband the forces entirely, develop a strategy of what the country would truly like to keep and let others have the rest.