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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I think the government should have a budget every 10-15 years, so the government doesn't end up giving the military millions of dollars in like 5 years and spend it all
Military shouldn’t really be much of a thing. We don’t need war
Increase funding and give larger roles to the special operations groups. Maintain current funding for the regular military. I feel a small group of highly trained soldiers can be much more effective in neutralizing threats than drawn out wars.
only in areas where it is needed
I personally think we should just invest a little bit more money but not too much because Canada luckily does not have too many enemy countries unlike some other countries like U.S. and Russia. We should invest a little bit more just incase something bad were to happen.
We should look at ways to work with NATO nations to decrease procurement costs
Canada should revamp it's military doctrine and redefine it's purpose
@8SV4XVH4yrs4Y
Decrease very little to endure right of humans
Pay the Canadian military more, raise the wage for our soldiers and troops. Spend less money for other countries' militia and stop selling weapons to the middle east.
I am uneducated o this question.
Does not matter at this peroid of time
Our army barely fights in any wars and we are in peace with every country so there is no need for military spending which could be spent on helping citizens
Make the reforms necessary to ensure confidence in the organization again. Tackle problems of systemic discrimination, as well as sexual harassment within it, which have plagued the organization's reputation (ex. Somalia Affair, Jonathan Vance investigation.) and make it a desirable place to serve again, and then we can talk about what spending measures are necessary, as we can't just throw money at it if there's a dwindling population of soldiers who are dissatisfied.
if people realized the damage wars did and learned from the past they would learn that nobody should have militarism - military forces. look at where military powers etc... got us.
Increase if within our financial parameters, but well within the amount provided to other services.
Increase, but with a focus on peaceful objectives
@8Q6744C4yrs4Y
Increase, and use the money to invest in emerging technologies such as cybersecurity to combat Chinese and Russian aggression in these sectors.
@8P8TVTS4yrs4Y
Decrease, deny aid to countries that promote terrorism.
@8XTW3QC3yrs3Y
Neither, but the military should be more focused on cyber security and cyber warfare
@8LJD4FT4yrs4Y
Decrease, and replicate those funds to more important issues like homelessness
@8HQTH285yrs5Y
Decrease, they should put more money into issues at home in the U.S.
@82K4BM44yrs4Y
Rebalance the budget, too much money is currently being wasted
@92P9ZPN3yrs3Y
decrease, we spend way too much money on the military
@938PWY63yrs3Y
Military spending increase or decrease is irrelevant. Spending needs to be more accountably efficient, subject to more IG staff for different aspects of the military, but the VA in particular.
@75KRFBJ5yrs5Y
Eliminate wasteful spending first, then depends.
@8QLPMBH4yrs4Y
Increase if really necessary if not then no
@8QDSNZY4yrs4Y
Decrease now as we are not in war
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