Even the Parliamentary Budget Officer (PBO), which is a watchdog on federal spending, thinks that Ottawa promised to do that amount of spending: > In 2006, NAT

Even the Parliamentary Budget Officer (PBO), which is a watchdog on federal spending, thinks that Ottawa promised to do that amount of spending: > In 2006, NATO member nations set a policy goal to allocate at least 2% of their GDP to annual defence spending. While some countries, most notably the United States, exceeded this target, the majority fell short. After eight years of limited progress, NATO members reaffirmed their commitment to this goal in 2014. Since this time, Canada has consistently remained below the 2% threshold, and as of 2024, it is one of only eight member nations still failing to meet the target, with projected defence expenditures totaling only 1.37% of GDP. * https://www.pbo-dpb.ca/en/publications/RP-2425-020-S--fiscal-implications-meeting-nato-military-spending-target--repercussions-financieres-atteinte-cible-depenses-militaires-fixee-otan https://www.pbo-dpb.ca/en/publications/RP-2425-020-S--fiscal... 2014 was simply was a repetition of what was said in 2006. But: > The alliance members accepted to continue to spend a minimum of two percent of individual national Gross Domestic Product on defence, or where a country is currently spending less than two percent, then to move towards spending two percent of Gross Domestic Product on defence within the next ten years. * https://www.canada.ca/en/department-national-defence/corporate/reports-publications/audit-evaluation/evaluation-nato-contribution-program.html https://www.canada.ca/en/department-national-defence/corpora... It's been ten years now, and Canada has not hit two percent even if you take 2014 as the starting point. (And I'm aware of all the procurement programs that have been announced.)