Telling the whole story about boosting Canada’s defence spending

Current polling should be viewed with a level of skepticism when questions relating to defence spending are not constructed with tradeoffs in mind.

Defence spending in Canada has always been a precarious policy challenge for both Liberal and Conservative governments, often dominated by hesitation and inaction, write Jackson Walling and Mathieu Landriault. DND photograph by Corporal Kastleen Strome

Opinion

BY JACKSON WALLING, MATHIEU LANDRIAULT

November 20, 2024

The election of Donald Trump as the American president will surely reactivate the debate about defence spending in Canada. While Canadians have overall been increasingly supportive of additional defence investments since 2022, reluctance persists. This resistance will be fel...

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