Canada spends only 1.25% of GNP on Defence according to that Trump-leaning org, the World Bank. But it also spends less than the average of .31% for foreign aid, a Scroogelike .26. Sweden and Denmark spend 4 times that much. How about another Grand Bargain that the Left and the Right can love: we finally increase Defence Spending to 2% as required by NATO and foreign aid spending to .5% (or still only half what the Scandinavians do. And all of this new lolly would be tied to human rights and proper accounting in the case of the aid and proper auditing, privatized procurement and off the shelf weapons buys in the case of the extra Defence spending to please the fiscal hawks. Oh, BTW, look at the West and the Maritimes have something to both celebrate at the same time for once - the revival, reinforcement and replenishment of their Forces bases and communities. We are told that The World needs more Canada. Time to pay for it in a way that should please all interests in our cacaphonous country.
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