Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Canada is on a “clear path” to reach NATO’s defence spending target of 2 percent of GDP by 2032, and that the country is focused on “concrete” investments that increase its fighting capacity.
“We’re on a clear path to reach 2 percent in the coming years, because we know that the world is changing and Canada, along with our allies, needs to be ready for it,” Trudeau said on Nov. 25 during the NATO interparliamentary assembly in Montreal.
The prime minister said Canada has added $175 billion in military spending since the Liberals came to power in 2015, but that it has always mattered to the government what the money is spent on. “We’ve made sure that our investments are as concrete as possible,” he said, adding that this has involved spending on Arctic defence, NORAD modernization, and new armoured vehicles, aircraft, and submarines….