Conservative defence critic Kerry-Lynne Findlay, who sponsored the motion, said the vote outcome is “troubling” given the Liberal, NDP confidence-and-supply agreement.
“How can our NATO allies be confident that Canada will continue to be a trusted security partner when NDP members of Prime Minister Trudeau’s NDP-Liberal government vote against the principle of meeting our NATO spending commitments,” she said in a statement.
While not binding, the motion is symbolic leading up to the release of the Liberal’s budget on Thursday as they face mounting calls to boost military spending. Several countries have increased their defence spending commitments in accordance with NATO’s 2014 Wales Summit Declaration since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has commended Canada for its contributions to the alliance but has asked all allies to “A new NATO report shows that Greece allocated the most in defence spending among NATO members in 2021, contributing 3.59 per cent of its GDP, followed by the U.S. at 3.57 per cent, Poland at 2.34 per cent and the U.K. at 2.25 per cent.
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