Defence Spending

• Defence policy update raises spending by $8B with focus on Arctic, cyber security

  Defence Minister Bill Blair has unveiled Canada's long-promised defence policy update with a focus on enhancing Arctic and cyber security.

  Politics

  Apr 8
  
• Poland’s president calls for NATO defence spending to rise to 3% of GDP

  President Andrzej Duda's appeal comes at Poland marks the 25th anniversary of its accession to NATO, along with the Czech Republic and Hungary, on March 12, 1999.

  World

  Mar 11
  
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• Canada’s military facing ‘death spiral’ on recruitment, minister says

  The federal government is “constrained” on more defence spending given the “current fiscal environment,” Defence Minister Bill Blair says.

  Canada

  Mar 7
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• Slow procurement putting defence spending down the line: PBO

  The parliamentary budget officer says the Defence Department is planning unprecedented capital spending in the coming years, raising concerns about the effect of inflation.

  Canada

  Feb 28
• Internal government polls capture desire for balanced budget, housing spending

  Nearly 60 per cent of Canadians believe Ottawa should balance the budget though many are ready to run bigger deficits so long as the extra money is spent on housing.

  Politics

  Jan 3
• Military ‘wrestling’ with Ottawa’s push to axe $1B from budget

  Canada’s top solider says he is 'wrestling' with the fact Ottawa has asked the Department of National Defence to cut roughly $1 billion from its budget.

  Politics

  Sep 29, 2023
• NATO allies commit to spend ‘at least’ 2% of GDP on defence: diplomats

  Agreement on the new spending target was one of the outstanding issues ahead of a two-day NATO summit on Tuesday and Wednesday next week in Vilnius.

  World

  Jul 7, 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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• NATO members expected to commit to 2% defence investment: Stoltenberg

  NATO countries need to "commit more", Stoltenberg told a joint press conference with Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa in Lisbon.

  World

  May 18, 2023
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• ‘Bad mistake’ to judge Canada’s defence commitments solely on spending: U.S. envoy

  The U.S. ambassador to Canada pushed back on the questions raised by a new report that cast fresh doubts on Canada's ability to hit a key NATO spending target.

  Canada

  Apr 21, 2023