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Canada faces demands for transparency on NATO 5% defence plan

Published 22 May 2026

The Canadian government is facing calls for greater transparency over its plan to meet a new NATO commitment to spend five per cent of its GDP on defence by 2035. Former parliamentary budget officer Kevin Page says Ottawa has not been sufficiently clear about how it will finance the significant increase.

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