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- When one factors in actual capability and commitment, Canada can hardly be referred to as either ‘delinquent’ or a ‘freeloader,’ despite the magic NATO target.
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- A nation's defence commitment should be measured as a tangible combat capability based on a percentage of population and regional circumstances, not as an arbitrary fraction of GDP.
- To meet that magical two per cent of GDP NATO goal, Canada would need to spend an extra $20-billion on the military every year.
- To meet that magical two per cent of GDP NATO goal, Canada would need to spend an extra $20-billion on the military every year.
- Creating a Canadian foreign legion might be considered extreme, but it would solve a personnel shortage within our military that has reached a critical tipping point.
- Creating a Canadian foreign legion might be considered extreme, but it would solve a personnel shortage within our military that has reached a critical tipping point.
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