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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@4PRKPMG4yrs4Y
Always make sure our troops have what they need to do their jobs effectively. Never decrease in a way that undermines their ability to do so, but only increase for the sake of our troops having what they need to keep doing their jobs at peak efficiency.
@92MDVFR3yrs3Y
Stabilize military spending and audit the current budget more meticulously. Bribery and kickbacks notoriously infiltrate military spending.
@8R7JPB54yrs4Y
Decrease, We need to revert to a defensive military only.
@63ZXW6N4yrs4Y
Decreased if possible and of course within reason and ensuring it still functions as it should.
@8HL5YXT4yrs4Y
increase the military spending so long as it doesn't increase the national debt.
@8QM9QMR4yrs4Y
Decrease, by bringing our troops home.
@8MMFMZB4yrs4Y
Need to get rid of the military industrial complex.
@8RJ2TQK4yrs4Y
I think defense spending should be slightly reduced until we get the budget deficiet under control.
@8XSXMM63yrs3Y
Spend as needed and spend more efficiently.
@8Z4TXWG3yrs3Y
They should spend enough to keep military maintained and strong but no more unless war is a possibility.
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