CP NewsAlert: Carney says Canada to spend 5% of GDP on defence by 2035

By Canadian Press on June 25, 2025.

THE HAGUE — Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada and its NATO allies have all agreed to hike their defence-spending target to five per cent of annual GDP by 2035.

Carney says Canada can no longer rely on its geography to protect it as new weapons and threats emerge on the wold stage.

More coming.

Catherine Morrison, The Canadian Press