Pierre Poilievre says he would bring defence spending up to NATO target of 2 per cent of annual economic output
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says he would make cuts to foreign aid to fund additional defence spending if his party forms government – reductions that would include assistance to the United Nations Relief and Works AgencyIn addition,said he would find more money for Canada’s military by cutting bureaucracy and reforming the process of purchasing equipment for the Canadian Armed Forces.
It’s not clear how Mr. Poilievre would free up enough government funds through what he is proposing to close the gap between Canada’s existing military spending and what this country has promised its allies. Speaking to reporters in Pointe-Claire, Que., Mr. Poilievre said Canada should not be overly dependent on the United States for defence.
Dodging the NATO spending target for defence is a shrug that Canada can no longer afford from its politicians In 2023 the federal government halted its activity with the bank and announced Ottawa was reviewing its membership after a Canadian executive resigned from entity, calling it a tool of China’s Communist Party. Canada has invested about US$160-million in the bank. “We should be building pipelines and roads in Canada, not in Asia,” Mr. Poilievre told his caucus in January.
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