Defence

Opinion: How Canada can reach NATO’s two per cent target–and quickly

Open this photo in gallery:A Canadian fighting vehicle fires during the exercise Resolute Warrior of the NATO Multinational Brigade in the Adazi Military Base in Adazi, Latvia, on Nov. 14.GINTS IVUSKANS/AFP/Getty ImagesPhilippe Lagassé is associate professor and the Barton Chair at the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs. Justin Massie is professor of political science at the Université du Québec à Montréal.Canada is finally saying the right things about meeting NATO’s defence-spending target of 2 per cent of GDP by 2032. Defence Minister Bill Blair has even indicated that he’s prepared to reach the target sooner. But no new defence…