Sure, I am not saying we SHOULD compare to them, I am just stating that NATO doesn't only accept strong militaries. That's not part of the agreement. And the agreement is relatively loose, its seemingly not enforced based on the 2%/20% rule, or even on not having any military at all (in the case of iceland).
So, we need to answer what Canada's military is without NATO first. Then we can worry about NATO. But we should stop fearing basic ejection from NATO for not standing up to some unknown standard: the standard doesn't really exist, and if we are re arming, or refocusing our strength in another way it might actually be more beneficial for the overall alliance than our current contribution. What is our current contribution to NATO? Occasional JTF2 support for missions? One or two boats per armada? Our planes are too old to contribute now until we get the F-35s...
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