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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau opposed any deal letting Russia keep Ukrainian land, saying it would encourage other countries to break international rules.

Speaking to a NATO meeting, he highlighted Canada’s $19.5 billion aid to Ukraine and stressed the need to defend global stability.

Trudeau defended his plan to raise military spending to 2% of GDP by 2032 after criticism of Canada’s low defense funding.

He warned against isolating Ukraine, saying continued support is crucial to stop further global conflicts.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

You get paid that much PER MONTH? That’s 18,000 per year.

In the US, most people just get tax credits. They don’t come anywhere near $18k.

If you’re poor enough, you’ll qualify for WIC which is state dependent, generally $25 per month per kid under 4 years, ~$50 per month for the mom, and limited to certain food/child items.

Thank you for sharing.

On one hand, it’s disgusting that we don’t have a similar system. Yet at the same time, you’re the “proof” against such a system and the reason conservatives would never support it - that people won’t work anymore if we had this system. Neither of you have a full time job.

There has to be a better compromise.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago

The proof against such a system. Ouch mate. I'm not that bad I promise. I worked construction since I was 15 years old. I'm 31 now. Only in the last 6 months have I not been working, and it's only because I got let go from my last job and couldn't find another in my field fast enough before winter. Construction jobs don't hire much in the winter where I live, everything really slows down. I swung up hard when I married and my wife works at the hospital I was talking about and makes more than double what I do. She would work full time but she hasn't been at this hospital long enough for the seniority for a full time position. So she working part time until a spot opens up.

When we first met she worked in a major cities downtown hospital in a trauma centre and she worked way more than fulltime. I was working 60-80 hour weeks as a laborer insulating houses and highrises in Toronto for $21 an hour.

This is the only time in a our lives either of us has "slowed down" and I wouldn't even call it that because life is more hectic than ever with a 3 and 1 year old and another one coming. I would say we've paid our dues to our country and now it's helping us out a bit while we raise kids to help it out a bit in 20 years. It all comes back eventually. Our government will benefit from the fact that we had enough to make it through this period of our lives in a comftorable state and actually raise good kids. In 20 years our children will be in the workforce and will be returning that money in one way or another.

A good country wants all it people to be doing good. A good country should want less losers. It should support its people and especially its people who are raising its next generation. It could be argued that nothing is more important.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago

we have welfare here as well, but its income dependent. we also have unemployment insurance so when your let go from your job you can get paid out while looking for new work.