1 week ago Letters June 27, 2025: ‘Making our new military spending target will be no problem, if we do it right.’

  Military target should be easy It will be easy to hit our 5% of GDP target for military spending. We simply just have to convert all military equipment (tanks, airplanes, subs, etc.) to run off renewable energy. The other option would be to reduce the denominator of the equation by eliminating all natural resource […]

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1 week ago US Allies Wary of Buying American as They Plan Defense Buildup

For European countries that just approved the biggest increase in military spending in decades, “Buy American” is looking a lot less appealing than it once was. They may have no choice.

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1 week ago Parliamentary budget officer urges Carney to show numbers as spending rises

Canada’s budget watchdog urged Prime Minister Mark Carney to release an update on the federal government’s finances soon or risk eroding the government’s credibility with investors. Carney is promising to spend billions on infrastructure, military equipment, housing and transportation — part of his ambitious agenda to boost the potential of the Canadian economy. Those plans, […]

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1 week ago Canada officially has a new tallest building and it's a Toronto condo

After a long saga of challenges and drama, the 85-storey megatower at One Bloor West officially claimed the title of Canada's tallest building this week.The enormous condo development long planned to take the title of Canada's tallest from previous record-holder First Canadian Place finally delivered on that promise with a ceremony attended by media on Tuesday that saw the building officially surpass the 300-metre mark.After 50 years of the 298-metre First Canadian Place's dominance as the country's tallest building, the centre of gravity for Toronto's skyscraper scene has finally shifted away from the Financial District to a new linear core along the spine of Yonge Street.But while One Bloor West has dethroned an aging titan as the tallest skyscraper in the country, its reign will last just a fraction of its predecessor — expected to be mere months.At 309 metres, One Bloor West will live on in history as Canada's first tower to reach to entirely arbitr...

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1 week ago Terry Glavin: Air India terrorist attack was Canada’s worst failure in history

Ottawa ignored intelligence and bungled the investigation and prosecution

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1 week ago NATO leaders agree to hike military spending and restate ’ironclad commitment’ to collective defence

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — NATO leaders agreed on Wednesday on a massive hike in defence spending after pressure from U.S. President Donald Trump, and expressed their “ironclad commitment” to come to each other’s aid if attacked. The 32 leaders endorsed a final summit statement saying: “Allies commit to invest 5% of GDP annually on core […]

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2 w. ago Majority of Canadians think country is ‘falling behind’ militarily: Survey

With Prime Minister Mark Carney in Europe this week for a NATO summit, Angus Reid is checking the country’s temperature on military spending. A new survey says 75% of Canadians believe this country is “falling behind” militarily, even as Carney has committed in recent weeks to a significant defence spending increase. Still, the top choice […]

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2 w. ago NATO to take ‘quantum leap’ with 5% military spending target

The 32 members of the alliance will pledge to boost defence expenditure to five percent of gross domestic product, a key demand of President Donald Trump

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4 w. ago Canada’s shooting at a moving target on defence spending, say military watchers

'Two per cent is not going to cut it in terms of where the rest of the (NATO) alliance is,' said David Perry, a defence analyst who heads the Canadian Global Affairs Institute

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4 w. ago The long history of Canada failing to hit its military spending targets

Canada hasn't spent more than two per cent of GDP on the military since the Cold War

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