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What counts for NATO’s defence infrastructure spending? Not just minerals – National

What counts for NATO’s defence infrastructure spending? Not just minerals – National

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A key portion of NATO members’ new pledge to spend at least five per cent of their GDP on defence includes up to 1.5 per cent committed to infrastructure and other defence-related investments — and it’s broadly defined. Prime Minister Mark Carney said Wednesday after endorsing the spending plan at The Hague during the annual […]

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What is NATO’s new 5% defence spending pledge, and how will Canada meet it? – National

What is NATO’s new 5% defence spending pledge, and how will Canada meet it? – National

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Canada joined its NATO allies on Wednesday in agreeing to a new defence spending target of five per cent of GDP — but the details are more complicated. Members of the alliance will have until 2035 to reach the new spending goal, for one thing. And the five per cent is being split into two

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Canada to spend 5% of GDP on defence by 2035, Carney says – National

Canada to spend 5% of GDP on defence by 2035, Carney says – National

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Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada and its NATO allies have agreed to substantially 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. NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte put

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Carney to talk NATO defence spending hike as summit kicks off – National

Carney to talk NATO defence spending hike as summit kicks off – National

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Prime Minister Mark Carney begins a two-day stop Tuesday in the Netherlands, where NATO alliance members are prepared to decide whether to more than double the defense spending target. The main talks in The Hague won’t happen until Wednesday, with Carney first set to take part in several bilateral meetings. Carney will meet with the

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Nato members willingly increasing defence spending amid rising threat from Russia, says Rutte | Nato

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Mark Rutte, Nato’s secretary general, said it was “not a difficult thing” to get members to agree to raise defence spending to 5% of GDP because of the rising threat from Russia – and stressed that Trump remained “absolutely” committed to supporting the alliance. In an interview on the eve of the western alliance’s summit,

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UK will commit to spending 5% of GDP on defence by 2035 | Defence policy

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Britain will commit to spending 5% of its GDP on defence by 2035 after weeks of diplomatic pressure and intense negotiations with allies. The decision came as Keir Starmer, the prime minister, prepared to join Nato leaders at a summit dominated by global conflict and expectations of European military self-reliance. The UK’s pledge aligns with

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