Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is pledging $8.1 billion in new defence spending over the next five years, as part of a larger $73 billion spending plan through the next two decades. Mercedes Stephenson explains how that money will be spent in the face of new threats, and how this cash still falls short of NATO’s spending targets.
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