NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen urges Canada to boost defence spending

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NATO's outgoing secretary general is repeating his call for member countries like Canada to boost their defence spending in response to the "wake-up call" of recent crises like the one unfolding in Ukraine.

In an interview airing Saturday on CBC Radio's The House, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, who will preside over his final NATO heads of government summit Sept. 4-5 in Wales, said that after 25 years of "relatively calm weather" the alliance now needs to reinforce its collective defence and adapt to what he calls "a profound climate change."

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Only four countries, including the United States and the United Kingdom, meet NATO's defence spending target of two per cent of a member country's gross domestic product (GDP.) Canada is among those that lag behind, spending 1.3 per cent of its GDP.

Canada cut defence spending, including scaling back costly military procurement programs, as part of government-wide efforts to balance the federal budget starting next year.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/nato-chief-anders-fogh-rasmussen-urges-canada-to-boost-defence-spending-1.2748701

[CJCRANE]

1. Where are the Peacemakers?

It seems like all we have now are warmongers and scaremongers.