Funding the Canadian Forces

If you were really serious about stimulus spending, wouldn’t throwing some cash at Canada’s third-biggest employer be a great place to start?

And yet when Canadians think about projects to shore up the weakening economy, they're unlikely to think first of increasing the Armed Forces budget.

The country's 62,000 military personnel, including 9,000 sailors, 19,500 soldiers, 14,500 air force personnel and administrative and support personnel in communities large and small throughout the country contribute immeasurably to the Canadian economy.

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