On eve of NATO summit, a look at Canada’s defence spending, by the numbers
OTTAWA — When Prime Minister Justin Trudeau sits down Wednesday in Brussels with U.S. President Donald Trump and other NATO leaders, much of the discussion will focus on how much each member of the alliance is spending on defence. Some numbers to keep in mind:
2: Percentage of GDP that all NATO members have agreed to spend on defence by 2024. The target was established by alliance leaders in Wales in 2014 in response to concerns about Russian aggression.
$27.6 billion: Amount of money that NATO expects Canada to spend this year on defence, based on a new method of calculating such spending that includes some veterans’ programs and money spent on information networks.
1.23: Percentage of GDP that NATO estimates Canada will spend on defence in 2018-19, based on the new method of calculating such spending.