Trudeau needs to clearly explain why Canada should be making significant investments in both social programs and contributions to the global order

When defence spending increases, there is less money available for other programs that Canadians value.

Chief of Defence Staff Wayne Eyre and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured May 13, 2022, in Ottawa. The Trudeau government’s ability to govern until 2025 depends on enhanced social programs, but backsliding on defence commitments would prove costly in the relations with Canada’s allies, write Stéfanie von Hlatky and Kim Richard Nossal The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY Stéfanie von Hlatky and Kim Richard Nossal

May 30, 2022

During the April 2022 federal budget announcement, new defence spending was included, largely in response to the ongoing Russian war in Ukraine and the need to modernize the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD). Yet when defence spending increases, there is less money available for other...

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