NATO Defence Spending

• NATO defence spend burden to shift, Carney says as Trump pressures allies

  NATO countries are bolstering their militaries after U.S. President Donald Trump "won the argument" on defence spending, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Wednesday.

  Canada

  Jul 8
  
• NATO set to approve new military purchases as it ramps up spending

  The “capability targets” lay out goals for each of the 32 nations to purchase priority equipment like air defence systems, long-range missiles and artillery.

  World

  Jun 5, 2025
  
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• NATO weighs U.S. demand to spend 5% on defence

  The 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. News

  May 15, 2025
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• NATO allies vow to spend more on defence as many lag existing target

  Canada 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 cent

  Canada

  Jul 11, 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
• 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
• Canada, U.S. face democratic ‘rough patches’ amid populism: American envoy

  China 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.

  Canada

  Jun 12, 2022
• To meet NATO target, Canada must up defence spending by $75.3B: report

  Ottawa 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.

  Canada

  Jun 9, 2022
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• Canadian military budget will grow by $8B as policy review seeks to reset defence vision

  The 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.

  Politics

  Apr 7, 2022
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• Ottawa failed to spend almost $8B in promised defence cash over recent years

  Documents show billions of planned spending not spent over the last two complete fiscal years.

  Canada

  Dec 4, 2019