‘Significant’ Military Investments Being Discussed, Defence Minister Says

Published on December 4, 2023

Defence Minister Bill Blair says his government is discussing major potential investments in the Canadian military, but the country’s fiscal situation will have an impact on the issue. “We have brought forward a plan that’s very much in discussion right now, within our government, about making significant new investments,” Mr. Blair told Global News in Dec. 2 interview. The minister was responding to the interviewer stating that Canada currently invests 1.23 percent of its GDP in defence, below the two percent target established by NATO. Mr. Blair said his government believes new resources are required because of a “changing” world, noting the “increasingly aggressive” posture taken by Russia and China and Canada’s obligations in the Indo-Pacific, the Arctic, and in NATO....

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