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2025/6/20 11:42Canadas Overdue Defence Ambition|Royal United Services Institutehttps:/www.rusi.org/explore-our-research/publications/commentary/canadas-overdue-defence-ambition1/6COMMENTARYCanadas Overdue Defence AmbitionProfessor Philippe Lagass18 June 20255 Minute ReadCanada will be spending 2%of its gross domestic product ondefence within the next?scal year.This is long overdue.Despite pledging to reach the 2%target in 2014,Canada hasavoided making the necessary investments to meet its allianceobligations,but there is now reason to hope that Canada will?nally meet them.As announced by Prime Minister Mark Carney on 9 June 2025,Canadasdefence expenditures are slated to reach CAD 62.7 billion in 2025-2026,whichwill bring total defence spending to 2%of GDP.The details surrounding howCanada will expand its CAD 40 billion defence budget to CAD 62.7 billion in2025-26 are hazy at the moment,however.The government has outlined anadditional CAD 9 billion in defence spending proper,coupled with anadditional defence-related expenditures of CAD 14 billion from othergovernment departments.Details about the CAD 9 billion earmarked for theDepartment of National Defence(DND)and the Canadian Arme