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Analysis
Is Canada beating ploughshares into swords with its NATO 5% pledge? Not likely
Following all of the political sound and fury and sticker shock of last week's NATO summit in The Hague, the question of what Prime Minister Mark Carney's government wants to accomplish with all of that money — on an annual basis — is coming into even sharper focus.
Analysis
NATO's history of running hot and cold on Ukraine is running cold again
Ukraine had thrown its lot in with allies in 2008 in the belief, perhaps misguided, that the Western promise of fairness and collective security was their future. And yet, then — as now — Ukraine was left waiting outside the door.
Canada promises to spend 5% of GDP on defence by 2035 in pact with NATO leaders
NATO leaders have approved a plan to dramatically increase defence spending across the Western alliance to five per cent of gross domestic product over the next decade, a decision that has given U.S. President Donald Trump a significant policy victory.
NATO's 5% benchmark would cost Canada $150B a year, Carney says
NATO leaders are poised to accept a U.S. demand that allies spend as much as five per cent of their gross domestic product on defence and defence infrastructure. Prime Minister Mark Carney says that would mean up to $150 billion a year in spending.
Carney talks de-escalation with Trump, as Belgian PM offers no sympathy for Iran
Calling the Iranian regime "evil," Belgium's prime minister reluctantly endorsed the notion of a regime change in Tehran on Monday. Bart De Wever says Iran is a sponsor of terrorism and should never be allowed to possess a nuclear weapon.
Canada signs deal deepening European defence and security partnership
Canada and Europe were drawn a little closer together Monday after Prime Minister Mark Carney signed a strategic defence and security partnership with the European Union.
Carney heads to Europe with military spending on the agenda
Prime Minister Mark Carney departs Sunday to meet with European and NATO allies amid heightened tension in the Middle East and mere hours after the United States joined Israel's war with Iran.
Analysis
Where the G7 came from — and where it might go in the era of Trump
Established in the 1970s to show solidarity in shepherding the global economy, the G7 finds itself at a crossroads on its 50th anniversary. The gathering of the world's richest democracies has faced squabbles and questions about its relevance in the past.
These Afghan-Canadians were recruited by the military to advise soldiers in combat. They're now suing DND
Canadian citizens of Afghan descent who were recruited as military language and cultural advisers — and at times carried out some of the most difficult and dangerous assignments of Canada’s war in Afghanistan — are now suing the federal government for discrimination and failure to care for them following their service.
Carney says Canada will meet 2% NATO spending target by March
Saying that the era of the United States' dominance on the world stage is over, Prime Minister Mark Carney has committed his government to meeting the NATO benchmark target of two per cent of the country's gross domestic product by the end of the current fiscal year.