Defence spending: Mike Turner says Canada ‘already past due’ [Video]

The chair of the United States House intelligence committee says Canada needs to accelerate its defence spending targets, especially with its military in “desperate” need of investment.

“You’re already past due,” Ohio Republican Rep. Mike Turner told CTV’s Question Period host Vassy Kapelos in an exclusive Canadian broadcast interview airing Sunday.

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NATO members agreed to the two per cent of GDP target at the Wales Summit a decade ago and pledged to meet that goal by this year. According to NATO figures, 23 of 32 member countries are on track to meet the pledge this year, while Canada has no plan to do so until 2032.

“The problem is that it’s not just this two per cent number that was agreed to in Wales, it really is just the functioning capabilities of the overall military,” …