NATO Head Repeats Call for Canada to Meet 2 Percent Defence Spending Target

NATO Head Repeats Call for Canada to Meet 2 Percent Defence Spending Target
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg holds a closing press conference at NATO headquarters on the second day of the NATO Foreign Affairs Ministers' meeting in Brussels on April 4, 2024. Omar Havana/Getty Images
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NATO’s Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has reiterated calls for Canada to spend 2 percent of its GDP on defence, warning in an address in Ottawa that the defence alliance is facing the most “dangerous security environment for generations.”

“I continue to expect that all allies should meet the guideline of spending 2 percent,” Mr. Stoltenberg said during a speech to the NATO Association of Canada on June 19.