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I don't disagree - not being able to meet the minimum amount agreed on is not sufficient as a country.
But reading the article, it seems those in the actual combined defense meetings between Canada and the US have not commented or raised to the Canadian side their lack of funding. Additionally, Canada is looking to expand the definition of military spending - not sure how much that would actually change our percentage though.
And to call our military a joke isn't really valid - we do spend a shit ton of money on military. Not anywhere near the US, but we can't compare ourselves to the worldwide military superpower with 10x our population and 11x our GDP. Canada still places in at 6th in the NATO countries on raw dollar spending.
Bro there's top brass recently going on record stating outright that Canada would be unable to mobilize for any large operation.
The procurement system takes literal years to get an item. They can't even process applications, people wait literally 18 months before they even hear back.
Our military is absolutely a joke. A complete and utter joke.