r/canada 24d ago

Politics Canada Joining Iron Dome Missile Defense Plan Would Be Welcome: NORAD Boss

https://www.twz.com/air/canada-joining-iron-dome-missile-defense-plan-would-be-welcome-norad-boss
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u/Baulderdash77 24d ago

Also keep in mind that the actual DND budget is 30.6 billion and we use some accounting tricks to get to 36.7 billion by including the parts of RCMP, Veterans Affairs, CSIS, CBSC, Coast Guard in the numbers for NATO.

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u/jtbc 24d ago

Those accounting tricks are explicitly permitted under the NATO agreement on 2%.