NATO members pledge to boost defence spending, despite many falling short of previous target

Canada currently spends only around 1.3 per cent of GDP, with procurement problems and a military personnel shortage making raising spending more difficult

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Trudeau and Defence Minister Anita Anand have routinely shrugged off suggestions Canadians are not pulling their weight. Long-standing domestic issues are also playing a role in Canada’s global reputation, Carleton University professor Stephen Saideman said.“They have a personnel shortage. Together, those two things make it hard, just simply hard, to spend money. Even if you allocate a lot of money, the actual spending of it is hard.”

Right now, Canadian company Bombardier is teaming up with General Dynamics in an effort to encourage the federal government let them bid on a contract to replace the aging Aurora surveillance aircraft fleet. On Monday, Trudeau announced plans to spend $2.6 billion over three years to boost the Canadian presence on NATO’s eastern flank by growing a Canada-led multinational battle group in Latvia to a brigade by 2026.

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