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.
43% Increase |
29% Decrease |
37% Increase |
29% Decrease |
6% Increase, but only after our deficit is drastically reduced |
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@8XJMDVY2yrs2Y
People who serve in the military should be paid more
@9HDV4JK5mos5MO
increased, but to an extent. not everything the military buys is useful. so if we are to give more money then we should monitor what they are spending it on.
@9H5JSPP5mos5MO
Increase drastically. we can not rely on foreign countries to protect us when we will soon enough have to fight for ourselves
@8TWDTHB3yrs3Y
Yes, and capabilities in the north need to be prioritized and procurement must be rationalized.
@8SX7FGB3yrs3Y
Yes, as the United States of America has proven to be unreliable.
@9LW5YMC1wk1W
We should increase since our military right now is not in good shape so if we get invaded we won't hold the enemy off. However I am a pacifist and want us to be as democratic about it as possible.
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