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Britain’s Foreign Secretary David Cameron is urging the U.K.’s allies, including Canada, to spend more on their militaries, warning the West needs a “harder edge for a tougher world.”
The current NATO target for defence spending is two per cent of GDP. Cameron wants it raised to 2.5 per cent.
Canada routinely misses the current benchmark, and last week Defence Minister Bill Blair signalled that it is unlikely to change in the immediate future, saying in a speech that it is “hard to convince people that that was a worthy goal.”
Cameron delivered a speech Wednesday, saying the war in Ukraine has shown that western democracies need to be “tougher and more assertive” in protecting their interests and values.
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