News

The Canadian Press on MSN5h
NATO spending pledge could push federal deficit as high as $92B: think tank
The C.D. Howe Institute predicts Ottawa's spending plans will push deficits over the next four years to more than double the ...
Opinion
To up defence spending, Canada must cut deeper, tax harder and borrow more – all at once
It’s time to be more creative than perhaps we’ve been in the past – even if it breaks a few taboos of public finance ...
iPolitics3h
Canada has shed its reputation as NATO laggard, says defence procurement secretary
Canada has never hit the two per cent NATO-mandated defence spending target since it was established in 2014, though Prime Minister Mark Carney recently announced his government would reach the mark ...
NATO defence pledge will fuel huge annual deficits averaging $77.7-billion: report
Election promises and massive defence spending increases promised by Prime Minister Mark Carney at a NATO summit last month ...
Investing.com Canada13h
Higher NATO defense spending targets could "change" this sector, Bernstein says
Investing.com - Europe’s defense sector is possibly set to "change" fundamentally after the NATO alliance recently agreed to ...
A closer look at which NATO countries are spending the most on defense
NATO members have agreed to a new defense spending goal of 5% of each country’s economic output by 2035, more than doubling the previous figure of 2%. It’s an ambitious timeline that ...
iPolitics1h
Don’t give a damn ’bout my reputation
After years of failing to hit NATO’s two per cent defence spending target, recent government commitments have given Canada a ...
‘I worked so damn hard’: Biden laments changes in U.S. since he left office
Despite his ailing health, former president Joe Biden said he continues to participate in political discussions with both ...
Townhall18hOpinion
Other Presidents Complained, But Trump Made NATO Step Up
President Donald Trump joined a long line of presidents who complained that the NATO countries fail to pay their fair share ...