Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada and its NATO allies have agreed to substantially hike their defence-spending target to five per cent of annual GDP by 2035. Carney says Canada can no longer rely on its geography to protect it as new weapons and threats emerge on the wold stage. NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte put … Read more
NATO leaders — including Canada — have approved a plan to dramatically increase defence spending across the Western alliance to five per cent of the gross domestic product over the next decade, a decision that has given U.S. President Donald Trump a significant policy victory. They gathered behind closed doors in the Netherlands on Wednesday, … Read more
NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte on Tuesday praised U.S. President Donald Trump for his “decisive action” against Iran and pushing allies to boost defence spending in a text message that Trump made public and NATO confirmed was legitimate. Trump posted screenshots of the lengthy text message to his Truth Social website as he headed to Brussels … Read more
Prime Minister Mark Carney begins a two-day stop Tuesday in the Netherlands, where NATO alliance members are prepared to decide whether to more than double the defense spending target. The main talks in The Hague won’t happen until Wednesday, with Carney first set to take part in several bilateral meetings. Carney will meet with the … Read more
NATO leaders are expected to agree this week that member countries should spend five per cent of their gross domestic product on defence, except the new and much vaunted investment pledge will not apply to all of them. Spain has reached a deal with NATO to be excluded from the five per cent of GDP … Read more
Canada and Europe will be drawn a little closer together on Monday as Prime Minister Mark Carney signs a strategic defence and security partnership with the European Union. The agreement will open the door for Canadian companies to participate in the $1.25-trillion ReArm Europe program, which is seen as a step toward making Canada less reliant on — … Read more
US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth was asked when congress was informed that President Trump had taken executive action to launch an offensive on Iran Defence chief Pete Hegseth came under fire over whether President Trump’s strike on Iranian nuclear facilities was unconstitutional(Image: Andrew Harnik, Getty Images) US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth revealed to journalists … Read more
The latest: Trump says stealth bombers hit sites in Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan. Tehran says U.S. has ‘launched a dangerous war against Iran,’ and that there are no signs of radioactive contamination after the attacks. Netanyahu praises U.S. decision that ‘will change history.’ U.S. Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth says the plan to strike Iran took months and weeks of … Read more
The success of a key NATO summit hung in the balance on Friday, after Spain announced that it cannot raise the billions of dollars needed to meet a new defence investment pledge demanded by U.S. President Donald Trump. Trump and his NATO counterparts are meeting for two days in the Netherlands from next Tuesday. He … Read more
By Dylan Robertson The Canadian Press Posted June 16, 2025 10:34 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size European Union officials say Canada is likely to sign a defence procurement agreement with the continent when Prime Minister Mark Carney goes to Brussels later this month. Carney is set to visit … Read more