McGuinty: Ottawa Reviewing Defence Spending ‘Top to Bottom’ Ahead of NATO Summit

McGuinty: Ottawa Reviewing Defence Spending ‘Top to Bottom’ Ahead of NATO Summit
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte (center left), speaks with Defence Minister David McGuinty, center, during a meeting of NATO defence ministers at NATO headquarters in Brussels on June 5, 2025. AP Photo/Virginia Mayo
The Canadian Press
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Ottawa is reviewing its defence spending plans “from top to bottom,” Defence Minister David McGuinty said Thursday, as Canada comes under pressure from allies to ramp up spending to levels not seen since the height of the Cold War.

McGuinty said the federal government will have more to say “very soon” about its alliance spending commitments and will be “making announcements in this regard.”