Carney's $35B North Defense Plan: Transit as Defense Asset

0:00Prime Minister Mark Carney dropped a major announcement on March 12 in Yellowknife, pledging $35 billion to defend and upgrade. Canada's North. This move signals a huge shift in national security, treating infrastructure like a frontline asset against modern threats. Experts like Josepha Praternick point out that our transit networks offer something unique, a ready fleet of 25,000 high-capacity vehicles. Spread across every big city. These could deploy fast and crises, giving the Department of National Defense and Edge no other option matches. As rail and buses go more automated and data-heavy, they're turning into prime targets for hackers and bad actors. Canadians are waking up to how vulnerable our daily rides could be in a conflict. Praternick calls for a full strategy that sinks with NATO allies, blending civilian transit into defense plans without starting from scratch. Recent talks highlight growing cyber risks to these systems. This push reminds us security isn't just military. It's in the buses we board every day, urging smarter integration before threats hit home.

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