The US, the most expensive military in the world, hovers around 3 to 3.5 percent GDP on the figures I could find. I don't think Canada should be engaging in the role as world police like the US attempts to... and they always (100% of the time) screw it up and create other problems. Look at ISIS, which was only made possible because of what happened in Iraq.
If its less than 1% that we spend now, I'd support bumping it to 1% and I think the focus should be to our north. We should be looking after our own borders and asserting our sovereignty in the north, and beyond that only take on international peacekeeping where it aligns with our interests. We have no business being in Syria or elsewhere actively fighting.
Just my opinion, of course.
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