‘This is going to take a carefully executed strategy’: Ann Fitz-Gerald on whether Canada will ever spend 5 percent of its GDP on defence

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Flags fly at the perimeter of the venue ahead of the upcoming NATO summit in The Hague, Netherlands, June 23, 2025. Matthias Schrader/AP Photo.

In this edition of Hub Hits, managing editor Harrison Lowman speaks with Ann Fitz-Gerald, director of the Balsillie School of International Affairs and professor of international security at Wilfrid Laurier University. She discusses whether Canada can meet its recent pledge to spend 5 percent of its GDP on defence by 2035, and gives her take on the Carney government’s plan to deepen defence and trade ties with Europe.

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