Ottawa’s Plan to Meet NATO Spending Target Kept Under Wraps for Now

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

Canada announced at the NATO summit in July that it would be meeting the alliance’s military spending target by 2032, but Ottawa now says the plan to do so cannot yet be shared publicly.

After Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made the commitment on July 11, the Parliamentary Budget Officer (PBO) requested figures from the Department of National Defence (DND).