Budget 2026: Ottawa eases off defence spending increases despite NATO commitments
The Globe and Mail · Steven Chase, Pippa Norman ·
No further progress toward military spending target beyond 2027-28
Listen to this article
Learn more about audio
The federal government is reducing the scale of its defence spending increases in its 2026 budget, which also projects no further progress toward meeting Canada’s NATO military expenditure targets beyond the next fiscal year.
Read the full story at The Globe and Mail · All coverage of this story