Feds pledge to add more than $8-billion for defence, announce review of defence policy in new budget

The increase to the defence budget would boost Canada's spending to 1.5 per cent of its GDP, according to a senior government official.
Defence Minister Anita Anand, centre, pictured on Feb. 22, 2022, with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly at a press conference on the Canadian government's response to the Russian war in Ukraine.
With an eye to Russia’s renewed invasion of Ukraine, the federal government is proposing adding more than $8-billion to the military budget and to conduct a review of its defence policy in its budget tabled on April 7. With foreign policy taking a backseat for the government as it has dealt with ...

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