As Trump’s defence spending plans put pressure on Canada to boost its own, Russia slashes

If the biggest perceived threat to world security is drastically downsizing its military, does it make sense for Canada to boost its budget to meet an arbitrary NATO goal?

Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan is under pressure to boost Canadian defence spending to meet a NATO target of two per cent of GDP.The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Opinion

BY SCOTT TAYLOR

March 22, 2017

OTTAWA—You can call Donald Trump many things, but after his first few months in power it appears that he intends to keep his election campaign promises. In delivering his first budget last week, Trump sought to boost discretionary defence spending by a whopping US$54-billion, which amounts to rou...

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