As feds announce billions in new defence funding, opposition MPs pan backloaded plan that misses 2 per cent NATO target

Only 11 per cent of the new money announced in the much-anticipated defence policy update will be doled out in the first five years of the 20-year plan.

Defence Minister Bill Blair, pictured right with Chief of Defence Staff Wayne Eyre, released a long-anticipated defence policy update on April 8, promising nearly $73-billion in new funding over the next 20 years. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY NEIL MOSS

April 10, 2024

Despite the federal government committing to spend $8.1-billion in new money on the Canadian military over the next five years and more than $72.9-billion over 20 years, the great majority of that new money won’t come until the next decade, which has opposition parties acc...

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