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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@8XJMDVYNew Democratic3yrs3Y
People who serve in the military should be paid more
@B4TDHXQ10hrs10H
The money should better allocated and spent, leave NATO, and up spending. Fire all ineffective generals
@B4L9SKC2wks2W
I think it should be if the military is running low on fund increase the budget or if the have to much have them pay the goverment
@B23CRQ34mos4MO
Decrease, and fund other militaries in poorer countries so that way they have the ability to fight as well.
@8WMNBXV4yrs4Y
Get like, 20-30 nukes and get rid of the military.
@9RH2ZF99mos9MO
Increase but do so in a way that effectively utilizes the military to better support problems such as natural disasters and climate change mitigation measurers at home as part of training for humanitarian operations abroad.
@9NB38VK 11mos11MO
Security is important but there are many Canadians suffering at the moment. We spend almost nothing on military as it is, so there may be some room to increase spending. However, domestic issues need to take precedents.
@9KQCS2Z1yr1Y
The Canadian Military needs an overhaul. I am in a military family and I cannot believe how the military is used for personal gain, procurement is wasteful and overblown and downright criminal, decisions are arbitrary and at the whim of ego maniacs. Why does the Canadian military have so bloody many high ranking officers other than to prop up their pensions and personal egos compared to other counties like the US with vast more soldiers compared to fat assed useless brass.
@9GCWMD72yrs2Y
I don't quite know how much we spend on the military but considering nothing terrible of note has happened on our soil in the last number of years i think spending is fine where it is
@9FFDK6J2yrs2Y
increase, only to meet the NATO guidelines.
@98RR4FF2yrs2Y
If they need it to protect the people then yes.
@8WP9GR54yrs4Y
increase in mental health care
@8WP9DQMNew Democratic4yrs4Y
increse in mental helath, decrease in other things
@8VSN69W4yrs4Y
Increase with a focus on defense, especially coastal
@9866R362yrs2Y
Should meet Nato standard of 2%of GDP
@97Z6JWP2yrs2Y
I feel that we spend an even amount on military and other things I feel we should spend a few more but other than that we have a good military
@8TYX4CL4yrs4Y
Keep it the same but use military during peace time to provide services to remote and rural communities for running water proper housing.
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