Jul 8, 2024 · Canada has been dodging its commitment to NATO for a decade. It may not be able to hold out for much longer. Over the past several years, Ottawa has become an outlier among the 32-member...

Canada has been a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) since its inception in 1949. [1] Canada is a principal initiator (founding country) of the alliance. [2] . This Atlanticist outlook was a marked break with Canada's pre-war isolationism, and was the first peacetime alliance Canada had ever joined.

Sep 26, 2024 · One former top national security official, several defence experts and a retired senior military leader all say that for the last 30 years, Canadians and their governments have been happy not to...

Canada’s priority for NATO is to ensure the Alliance remains modern, flexible, agile and able to face current and future threats. This goal drives all of Canada’s efforts on NATO transformation, reform and partnerships with non-NATO countries.

Apr 9, 2024 · OTTAWA — Canada is not about to meet its NATO defense spending commitments anytime soon, a long-awaited major defense policy update revealed on Monday.

4 days ago · As NATO approaches its 76 th anniversary this April, Canada reaffirms its unwavering commitment to the Alliance’s core values of individual liberty, human rights, democracy, and the rule of law. “Canada is proud to contribute meaningfully to the Alliance, including through our commitments to strengthening NATO’s deterrence and defence ...

4 days ago · For Canada to hit the two per cent target, the federal government would have to invest $81.9 billion annually in defence, according to an analysis last fall by the Parliamentary Budget Officer.

Apr 4, 2024 · Seventy-five years after helping found the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), Canada is now openly chastised over its defence spending and commitment.

Jul 9, 2024 · Canada is under mounting pressure to increase its military spending as it continues to fall short of the target set out for Nato members, raising fears that the country is becoming an outlier...

Jun 19, 2024 · The Secretary General delivered a speech at an event hosted by the NATO Association of Canada and the Canadian NATO Parliamentary Association. He praised Canada for its role in strengthening NATO’s deterrence and defence, including in Latvia, where Canadian troops lead a multinational battlegroup.