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House Party: Is this the right time for Canada’s military spending spree?

House Party: Is this the right time for Canada’s military spending spree?

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Prime Minister Mark Carney has announced Canada will increase
defence spending to 2% of GDP, meeting our NATO commitment 5
years earlier than expected. After a decade of nudging, foreign
allies are celebrating the military investment. But where exactly
will the extra $9.3 billion come from? Catherine Cullen, Jason
Markusoff and Daniel Thibeault analyze the strategy behind the
sudden funding increase, the government’s capacity to move
quickly, and what might end up getting left behind.

Correction: At the 25:45 mark in this episode, Catherine Cullen
says the government has to spend money on programs such as the
Canada Pension Plan. The CPP is in fact funded not by the
government but by employers and employees who pay into it.