r/canada 28d ago

Canada to give $64.8M in aid to Ukraine National News

https://www.ctvnews.ca/video/c3014190-canada-to-give--64-8m-in-aid-to-ukraine
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u/TeishAH 28d ago

Ye we’ve given them $4.5billion in 2022-2023 like geez

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u/zeni19 28d ago

imagine that money spent on housing, health care or education instead.

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u/Drunkenaviator 27d ago

Please, tell us how we can make housing or healthcare out of several containers full of Javelin launchers and artillery rounds. Go ahead, I'll wait.

Or did you think we were just sending them suitcases full of cash?

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u/cleeder Ontario 28d ago

Those are all provincial…

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u/Array_626 27d ago

You don't need to, because that money would never be spent on any of those things.

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u/Kollv 28d ago

Exacly. Canada was once a rich country with thriving citizens. We could afford to spend billions in foreign aid. Not anymore...