Ottawa’s Plan to Meet NATO Spending Target Kept Under Wraps for Now

Published on September 12, 2024

Canada announced at the latest NATO summit in July it would be meeting the alliance’s military spending target by 2032, but Ottawa now says the plan to do so cannot yet be shared publicly. After Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made the commitment on July 11, the Parliamentary Budget Officer (PBO) requested figures from the Department of National Defence (DND). In a response on Aug. 13, as first covered by Blacklock’s Reporter, Defence Deputy Minister Stefanie Beck told the budget officer she could not provide the information. “This information remains under Cabinet Confidence and is expected to take some time to finalize,” Beck wrote. She said work is currently underway in her department to outline the spending projections related to Trudeau’s announcement....

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