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Originally Posted by LoBlo
So hypothetical scenario:
So your Canada and you've recently made the fortunate discoveyr of an huge oil reserve under you provinces that surpasses even the Middle East and thus am about to become a booming world economic power.
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This is not hypothetical. We are already the largest exporter of oil to the US (and supply power to much of the North Eastern US as well as Quebec via a hydroelectric dam that we are about to duplicate furter upstream, and on a larger scale), and the extraction of crude from the Alberta Tar sands are projected to, along with domestic oil reserves - offshore and otherwise - is projected within the next decade to exceed at least that of Saudi Arabia.
We are also, despite our small population relative to other members, a member of the G-8 and the one with the consistently strongest economy.
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So that being the case you decide you need to beef up your navy to "world power" levels and decide you need some subs that can reach across the globe, i.e., you need to by some nuc subs.
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We have had the technology and capability to build nuclear weapons, just like France and the U.K., for decades now but like Germany have chosen not to. At the conclusion of WWII we had the 4th largest military in the world, so we've been there as well. We demobilized it, however, to focus on building multi-lateral agreements and peace-keeping missions because we do not, and never have had, any kind of colonial or imperial ambitions. That was true 50 years ago and its just as true today.
Interesting hypothetical, and I don't mean to spoil it, but Canada isn't really the best choice for it.