Why Canada urgently needs to break away from US dominance and chart its own course

Have you noticed the uptick in msm hysteria about Canada's deficit in military spending? To hear the top knobs at CBC and The Globe and Mail tell the tale, Canada has become the laughing stock of NATO, the Western Alliance, the Nations of Virtue, etc etc und so weiter, due to our failure to meet the diktat that 2% of GDP be spent on "defense." And in our half-assed way, we have tried to pacify the criticisms by promising untold billions in future spending on US war kit, from F-35s to submarines to long-range missiles. It's time to back away from the America-uber-alles agenda. The wars in Ukraine and Israel are showing the entire world the limits of American power. American power can't save Ukraine from Putin and it can't stop the Israeli genocide in Gaza. America has been a bully for a long time, and its bluff is finally being called by a coalition of "adversaries" who have been fine-tuning their hypersonic missile technologies while the US military was focused on fine-tuning their pronoun protocols. In short, the American empire we slavishly support is in serious, obvious, and, absent an abrupt change of course, terminal decline, while the rest of the world is finally coming together to say 'NO THANKS.' We can continue to "stand with our allies" by mortgaging our grandchildrens' future for fighter jets and nuclear submarines, or we can invest in housing, education, and health care instead. It's not about values. The "values" of the Western bloc permit the torment of Julian Assange even as we profess to value free speech. Our values permit the Gaza genocide even as we proclaim our defence of human rights. As Canadians, let us collectively say no the siren call of "standing with our allies," and instead, say yes to building more public housing, and providing health care and clean water to communities in need. We have a choice. Commit billions to "standing with our allies," ie the American Empire. Or spend those billions meeting the needs of Canadians.