Canada’s new defence policy will mean new ships, planes, and staff over the next decade, as the Trudeau government works to modernize the aging military.
Unveiled by Defence Minister Harjit Singh Sajjan in Ottawa on Wednesday, the new defence policy comes after more than a year of consultation across the country, and stiff criticisms from the opposition Conservatives — and American President Donald Trump — that Canada isn’t spending enough on defence.
Sajjan called it “a new course.”
All-in, the new plan means $62 billion in new defence spending over the next twenty years.
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Source: VICE News
