1、2025/6/20 11:42Canadas Overdue Defence Ambition|Royal United Services Institutehttps:/www.rusi.org/explore-our-research/publications/commentary/canadas-overdue-defence-ambition1/6COMMENTARYCanadas Overdue Defence AmbitionProfessor Philippe Lagass18 June 20255 Minute ReadCanada will be spending 2%of
2、its gross domestic product ondefence within the next?scal year.This is long overdue.Despite pledging to reach the 2%target in 2014,Canada hasavoided making the necessary investments to meet its allianceobligations,but there is now reason to hope that Canada will?nally meet them.As announced by Prime
3、 Minister Mark Carney on 9 June 2025,Canadasdefence expenditures are slated to reach CAD 62.7 billion in 2025-2026,whichwill bring total defence spending to 2%of GDP.The details surrounding howCanada will expand its CAD 40 billion defence budget to CAD 62.7 billion in2025-26 are hazy at the moment,h
4、owever.The government has outlined anadditional CAD 9 billion in defence spending proper,coupled with anadditional defence-related expenditures of CAD 14 billion from othergovernment departments.Details about the CAD 9 billion earmarked for theDepartment of National Defence(DND)and the Canadian Arme
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