House Committee Calls on Ottawa to Meet 2 Percent NATO Defence Spending Target

House Committee Calls on Ottawa to Meet 2 Percent NATO Defence Spending Target
National Defence Minister Bill Blair speaks during the Ottawa Conference on Security and Defence in Ottawa on March 7, 2024. The Canadian Press/Sean Kilpatrick
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Canada needs to “honour” its commitment to NATO and increase military spending, the House of Commons national defence committee says.

The call comes after Defence Minister Bill Blair and the government have sent mixed messages in recent weeks about meeting the 2 percent of GDP spending target established by the military alliance.
The committee offered 36 recommendations to the government to help fix defence procurement woes in a report presented to the House June 19, the last sitting day of the session.