For Canada, the trick to the (absurd) 5% GDP NATO commitment will be reclassifying lots of stuff as "military spending".
Canada Border Services? Military spending.
Air Traffic Control? Military spending.
Ice breaking in shipping lanes? Military spending.
Arctic research? Military spending.
Mapping and geo surveys? Military spending.
CSIS? Military spending.
High speed rail? Military spending (infrastructure to move troops quickly).
See if I'm wrong.
#NATO #military #CanPoli
David Megginson
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