Canada pledged to spend 2% of GDP on its military. Would that transform it? Is it affordable?

Canada's pledge to spend two per cent of its GDP on military spending has raised questions about the kind of budgetary pressures it would face and whether it would fundamentally transform the country's defence forces.
Canada's pledge to spend two per cent of its GDP on military spending has raised questions about the kind of budgetary pressures it would face and whether it would fundamentally transform the country's defence forces.

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