Canada Military Spending

• Trudeau defends Canada’s military spending against U.S. senator’s scolding

  Alaska Sen. Dan Sullivan has grilled Canadian defence spending as “incredibly disappointing,” and said “Americans get frustrated when our allies don't pull their weight.”

  Politics

  Jul 27, 2023
  
• Canada under pressure by allies to boost military spending: ‘Show us the money’

  At 1.29 per cent of GDP in 2022, Canada's defence spending as a percentage of GDP is about the same as it was in the late 1990s, according to NATO.

  Canada

  Jun 29, 2023
  
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• Canada’s military needs a fix for persistent procurement delays: official

  The defence department is adopting new ways to determine whether companies can actually meet their commitments when bidding on contracts.

  Canada

  Apr 19, 2023
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• Canada extending mission in Latvia amid NATO effort to deter Russian threat

  NATO allies including Canada pledged to spend two per cent of their GDP on defence in 2014. Few have hit that target, but Russia's invasion of Ukraine is raising pressures.

  Canada

  Mar 8, 2022
• ‘Zero indication’ military spending will be cut amid COVID-19, defence official says

  The comments come amid questions about how Canada plans to find tens of billions of dollars doled out in recent months to support Canadians during the pandemic.

  Canada

  Jun 11, 2020
• How the coronavirus crisis is bad news for Canada’s military budget

  Spending more on defence was already a tough sell in Canada, even during the boom times. It will be an even tougher sell in a post-coronavirus world, Matthew Fisher says.

  Commentary

  Apr 2, 2020
• MPs return to Ottawa, but with little interest in foreign affairs

  The growing chaos in the outside world is unlikely to intrude much into caucus deliberations in Ottawa this week, Matthew Fisher says.

  Commentary

  Jan 19, 2020
• U.S. sent ‘blunt’ letter to Canada criticizing defence spending: sources

  A “blunt” letter from the U.S. government was delivered to the Department of National Defence that criticized Canadian defence spending levels.

  Canada

  Nov 24, 2019
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• Feds to invest billions less in new military equipment, may fall short on NATO spending target

  The federal government will invest billions of dollars less in new military equipment than promised this year, raising concerns about the readiness of the Canadian Forces and the prospect that Canada will fall short on another NATO spending target.

  Canada

  Mar 4, 2019
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• Canada adds another $54M to F-35 fighter jet project, bringing cost to $500M over 2 decades

  Canada has quietly paid another $54 million toward the development of the F-35 stealth fighter jets, bringing its total investment in the controversial project to roughly half a billion dollars over the last 20 years.

  Canada

  May 30, 2018