Canada’s defense budget is currently $20 billion a year which is less than 1% of its GDP. This is much less than the $600 billion a year the U.S. spends and the $6.5 billion a year the UK spends. Only 5 other countries of the 28 in NATO spend less. To join NATO each member country pledged to spend at least 2% of their GDP on military spending and defense and defend each other against threats from any non-member country. In a July 2016 U.S. Presidential nominee Donald Trump suggested that the United States would not defend NATO member countries who had failed to increase their military budgets to above 2% of Gross Domestic Product. France, Turkey, Germany, Canada, and Italy are countries that are currently spending less than 2% of their GDP on military defense.
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@9RBQBRR10mos10MO
Increase, and reduce involvement of Treasury board to streamline purchasing. Allow military experts to make decisions on purchases not politicians trying to gain votes or favor with local corps causing cost overruns and inferior products.
expenditure on wars should be minimized. instead use the money to upgrade the country and living standards of its people.
Neither, I am satisfied with the current amount of domestic spending; however, we should not be funding the Ukraine at all
I think that we need to increase our military, but it should be done through civilian run militia's and and not a state funded military.
Not only should funding be decreased, but it should be eliminated entirely
@92PQBJW3yrs3Y
Leave NATO but increase military spending. NATO has proven to be a a group of bullies taking what they want from non member countries.
@8Z3WNDV3yrs3Y
If there is a war going on, We should request surplus supplies from Allied countries such as Britain, USA. Or the UN. In order to reduce the effects of an economic depression if possible.
@8RKRCF74yrs4Y
@8RKRCF74yrs4Y
increase by 100k a year.
@8QMYYKS4yrs4Y
Increase it way more. We need a strong military to defend Canada from China
Increase and institute mandatory service for citizenship and franchise.
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