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Is Canada a NATO freeloader?

Is Canada a NATO freeloader?

Update: 2024-11-28
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Canada's NATO allies have called us out.  

Our defence partners, especially the United States, want Canada to increase defence spending to at least 2% of annual GDP.  

The Trudeau government says it has a plan to get there, but not until 2032.  Is that good enough and what is the current state of our military?  

Host David Smith talks to Richard Shimooka, a defence policy expert and a senior fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute. 


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