How Canada Plans to Reach the Long-Elusive NATO Spending Target

Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks to service personnel after making an announcement as he visits Fort York Armoury in Toronto on June 9, 2025. Chris Young/The Canadian Press

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Something that has long seemed unattainable for successive Canadian governments—meeting NATO’s current defence spending guideline—will be reached this fiscal year, Prime Minister Mark Carney says.