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NATO leaders have approved a plan to dramatically increase defence spending across the Western alliance to five per cent of ...
Chief of the Defence Staff General Jennie Carignan says it’s been a good year for recruiting for the Canadian Armed Forces ...
The government faces the choice of running bigger deficits, raising taxes or making major spending cuts to meet its NATO ...
Many NATO members lag far behind the U.S. in defense-spending levels and military capabilities. Now they are trying to fix that.
Past Liberal minister Lloyd Axworthy has strongly rebuked Carney’s NATO spending decision and advised against joining Trump’s ...
Here's what to know about the new spending target, its two categories of 'core defence' and broader defence-related infrastructure, and how Canada plans to achieve each.
As Canada plans to increase military spending to meet NATO’s commitment, about half of Canadians say if there is an armed ...
How will Canada reach its new defence spending commitments? Facing pressure from U.S. President Donald Trump, Prime Minister Mark Carney has pledged the country will spend $150 billion annually on ...
Prime Minister Mark Carney, seeking to reverse what he characterized as the atrophying of Canada’s military, is directing billions of dollars to the armed forces.
The military spending hike and the related decision to militarize the Coast Guard mean Canada will meet NATO’s 2 percent of GDP defence-spending floor by the end of the 2025-26 fiscal year.
NATO leaders have agreed on a massive hike in defense spending after pressure from U.S. President Donald Trump, and expressed their “ironclad commitment” to come to each other’s aid if attacked.