Trudeau’s argument that capability is more important than crude accounting metrics, and that Canada always answers the call, no longer holds true
Recommended from EditorialYet last Friday, Reuters reported that all 31 NATO allies have agreed to “an enduring commitment to invest at least two per cent of GDP in their militaries in the future.”
The CBC’s Murray Brewster reported on Monday that Canadian officials have been lobbying NATO allies for months to expand the definition of what can be included in the defence spending benchmark, so the government can make progress toward its goal without spending any more money. Canada apparently wants space, cyber and artificial intelligence research to be included in the calculation.
The numbers don’t lie. In 2023, only 11 of the 31 NATO members will hit two per cent: the U.S., the U.K., Poland, Greece, Estonia, Lithuania, Finland, Romania, Hungary, Latvia and Slovakia. Last month, NATO held its largest ever air exercise — Air Defender — that involved 25 nations, including Japan and Sweden, which are not NATO members.
Demands for the federal government to take national security and defence more seriously are becoming stale.
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