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Old 12-09-2022, 11:33 AM   #9377
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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction View Post
I was surprised yesterday that Canada is currently 12th in the world on military spending, up from 13th last year. The way people talk, it's like Canada is cheap or something. I have no idea if that includes aid to Ukraine or not. Ukraine is currently 20th. Ukraine obviously doesn't have the wealth Canada has of course, so I assume their spending is proportionately a lot higher compared to their GDP.
Would be interesting to see spending as a ratio to the area of the country, or kilometers of coastline and national borders. Canada has an awfully large space to take of.
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