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Plett25 · 09-02-2014, 10:32 AM

I don't know about 2%, Canada hasn't spent that much since the 1960's... we went pretty much the whole Cold War under 2%. With the exception of the bump in spending due to the Afghanistan mission, we've been trending towards 1% since the breakup of the Soviet Union.

But I'd be onboard with 1.5% or 1.6% as a baseline long-term commitment, but with additional costs for Afghanistan type missions to be separately funded.

09-02-2014, 10:32 AM	#55
Plett25 Scoring Winger Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: 780 Exp:	I don't know about 2%, Canada hasn't spent that much since the 1960's... we went pretty much the whole Cold War under 2%. With the exception of the bump in spending due to the Afghanistan mission, we've been trending towards 1% since the breakup of the Soviet Union. But I'd be onboard with 1.5% or 1.6% as a baseline long-term commitment, but with additional costs for Afghanistan type missions to be separately funded.