Canada hardly a laggard in defence spending

When one factors in actual capability and commitment, Canada can hardly be referred to as either ‘delinquent’ or a ‘freeloader,’ despite the magic NATO target.

Chief of Defence Staff General Wayne Eyre, left, and Defence Minister Bill Blair attend a House National Defence Committee meeting on Sept. 28, 2023. In the past year, Canada has announced more than $30-billion in new defence contracts, writes Scott Taylor.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY SCOTT TAYLOR

December 27, 2023

OTTAWA—One of the most-often-perpetuated myths about the Canadian military is that it is somehow woefully underfunded. The genesis for this false impression is the arbitrary yardstick used by many defence analysts to calculate budgets as a percentage of a nation’s gross ...

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