Defence pledges have unprecedented electoral spotlight, but more ambition may be needed to match allies: experts

'We seem to be catching up on the old conversation just as it’s on the cusp of changing,' says defence expert David Perry on the consensus building towards two per cent defence spending.
A CF-18 at the Pituffik Space Base in Greenland in 2021 as it takes part in NORAD joint exercises.

Amid annexation threats from United States President Donald Trump, Canada's major national parties have put a spotlight on defence pledges in the early days of the election campaign, but questions loom as to whether the commitments are sufficient to match the burgeoning peri...

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