Anthony Housefather at the Government Operations and Estimates Committee

On June 21st, 2022. See this statement in context.

June 21st, 2022 / 4:40 p.m.

Liberal

Anthony Housefather Liberal Mount Royal, QC

Understood.

I will now turn to military expenditures. How can we more easily increase the percentage of these expenditures?

According to NATO figures, Canada's military expenditures were 1.01% of GDP in 2014. In 2021, they were 1.36% of GDP.

According to your forecast, Canada's total military expenditures should reach $51 billion in 2026-2027, rising to 1.59% of GDP. In order to reach 2% of GDP as quickly as possible, which expenditures would be the easiest to increase? Would it be materiel expenditures?

In your opinion, how could we reach 2% as quickly as possible and of course in a sound way?

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