Blair Says He Couldn’t Sell Canadians, Cabinet on ‘Magical Threshold’ of NATO Target

Blair Says He Couldn’t Sell Canadians, Cabinet on ‘Magical Threshold’ of NATO Target
Minister of National Defence Bill Blair participates in a question and answer period at the Canadian Global Affairs Institute conference on NORAD Modernization, in Ottawa, on May 1, 2024. The Canadian Press/Justin Tang
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Defence Minister Bill Blair says it’s hard to convince cabinet and Canadians that meeting the NATO spending target is a worthy goal, because “nobody knows what that means.”

Instead, he said on May 1, he’s tried to argue that Canada must do more to defend itself—and that will require more money.