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By Craig Lord The Canadian Press Posted July 3, 2025 12:49 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size The C.D. Howe Institute predicts Ottawa’s recently … Read More
A key portion of NATO members’ new pledge to spend at least five per cent of their GDP on defence includes up to 1.5 per cent committed to infrastructure and … Read More
Canada joined its NATO allies on Wednesday in agreeing to a new defence spending target of five per cent of GDP — but the details are more complicated. Members of … Read More
NATO leaders are meeting to debate whether to more than double the alliance’s defence spending target. Prime Minister Mark Carney is among the leaders around the table at the annual … Read More
Prime Minister Mark Carney begins a two-day stop Tuesday in the Netherlands, where NATO alliance members are prepared to decide whether to more than double the defense spending target. The … Read More
Prime Minister Mark Carney will depart for Europe on Sunday for back-to-back summits where he is expected to make major commitments for Canada on security and defence. Carney will be … Read More
Canada’s former chief of the defence staff says he’s glad to see a renewed urgency in Ottawa to boost defence spending given the ever-increasing global threat environment, which he describes … Read More
If Canada decides to buy submarines from Germany, it would mean tightening ties with a “club of countries” in Europe as it looks to meet NATO defence spending goals and … Read More
Ottawa is reviewing its defence spending plans “from top to bottom,” Defence Minister David McGuinty said Thursday, as Canada comes under pressure from allies to ramp up spending to levels … Read More
Prime Minister Mark Carney’s request for a review of the F-35 fighter jet contract — and opposition leaders’ calls to cancel the contract altogether — reflects the reality of souring … Read More
