CBC

Following a blizzard of criticism from allies — most notably the United States — the Liberal government announced Thursday that it hopes to meet NATO’s military investment benchmark of two per cent of alliance members’ gross domestic products by 2032.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made the statement at the close of the alliance’s annual summit in Washington — even as he sharply questioned the worthiness of the goal.

“We continually step up and punch above our weight, something that isn’t always reflected in the crass mathematical calculation that certain people turn to very quickly,” Trudeau said. “Which is why we’ve always questioned the two per cent as the be-all, end-all of evaluating contributions to NATO.”

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