NATO Defence Spending
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NATO set to approve new military purchases as it ramps up spendingThe “capability targets” lay out goals for each of the 32 nations to purchase priority equipment like air defence systems, long-range missiles and artillery.WorldJun 5, 2025
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NATO weighs U.S. demand to spend 5% on defenceThe debate on defence spending is heating up ahead of a summit of U.S. President Donald Trump and his NATO counterparts in the Netherlands in June.U.S. NewsMay 15, 2025
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NATO allies vow to spend more on defence as many lag existing targetCanada has agreed to the NATO target of two per cent of its GDP but has not revealed a plan to reach it, with current spending sitting just shy of 1.3 per centCanadaJul 11, 2023
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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.CanadaJun 29, 2023
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NATO members expected to commit to 2% defence investment: StoltenbergNATO countries need to "commit more", Stoltenberg told a joint press conference with Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa in Lisbon.WorldMay 18, 2023
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Canada, U.S. face democratic ‘rough patches’ amid populism: American envoyChina and Russia are among the actors involved in attempts to subvert democracy, U.S. ambassador David Cohen said, but also domestic forces as shown by the trucker convoy protests.CanadaJun 12, 2022
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To meet NATO target, Canada must up defence spending by $75.3B: reportOttawa spent an 1.36 per cent of Canada's GDP on the military last year, with only four other NATO members having spent less: Belgium, Luxembourg, Slovenia and Spain.CanadaJun 9, 2022
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Canadian military budget will grow by $8B as policy review seeks to reset defence visionThe budget lays out broke strokes of a plan to boost defence spending by $8 billion over five years -- but combined with planned increases, Canada still won't hit the NATO target.PoliticsApr 7, 2022
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Ottawa failed to spend almost $8B in promised defence cash over recent yearsDocuments show billions of planned spending not spent over the last two complete fiscal years.CanadaDec 4, 2019
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U.S. letter criticizing Canadian defence spending was a ‘warning shot:’ Tory MP“You don’t sit back and not buy equipment until the whole world is starting to melt down," says Selkirk–Interlake–Eastman MP James Bezan.CanadaNov 25, 2019
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