What’s Next For Canada’s Military Spending?

07/11/2023

Canada’s leading military journalist David Pugliese tackles the age-old question of how much Canada should spend on its armed forces:

Without an increase of some $20 billion a year extra for the military, the public has been told that Canada will become irrelevant. It could become a pariah among NATO nations. Canada is a laggard, a truant, an outlier, when it comes to defence spending.

Not included in the discussion is that Canada still has one of the largest defence budgets of NATO nations and is ranked 14th in the world for military spending. In addition, it is one of the top contributors to supporting Ukraine with some $8 billion so far, some of it for weapons.

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In an effort to blunt more criticism expected at the NATO summit in Lithuania, which starts Tuesday, Trudeau announced a major commitment to the alliance. Canada will spend another $2.6 billion to double the number of troops it has stationed in Latvia, the prime minister announced Monday.

To read the whole story from the Ottawa Citizen, click here.

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