
‘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
26 June 2025
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.