Defence Minister Bill Blair says it could take ‘as much as two years to get to that level of capability.’ Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said last summer that he expected Canada to reach the alliance’s defence spending target by 2032.

Defence Minister Bill Blair says Canada could hit its NATO defence spending target within just a few years if need be but didn't commit to doing so.

Canada’s political leadership has found rare unanimity in recent weeks: nobody wants the country to become the “51st state,” as U.S. President Donald Trump has repeatedly pitched.

Facing U.S. President Donald Trump's ongoing criticism of Canada's military spending, Defence Minister Bill Blair says it's possible for the country to meet NATO's military investment benchmark of two per cent of gross domestic product in two years.

It may be too extreme for Canada or Denmark to view the U.S. as an enemy in the wake of Trump annexation threats, but the line between enmity and amity is currently blurred.

While Canada’s spending on defence is less than 2 per cent, no NATO member spends as much as what Trump is requesting

Donald Trump for the first time used an international venue on Thursday for his eye-popping suggestion that the U.S. gain an additional state: Canada. In his first global event since becoming U.S. president earlier this week, Trump spoke by video link to the Davos economic forum in Switzerland.

Joly said she will meet with 'other key Republican senators' during her fifth visit to the U.S. since last November's presidential election to discuss Donald Trump's tariff threat.

European nations are funding a controversial United Nations group linked to Palestinian terrorism — while shirking their obligations to NATO, records show.

It is not clear whether Trump’s self-proclaimed “ great idea ” is mere trolling, a serious desire or an unorthodox negotiating tactic in bilateral discussions over trade, immigration and national security.

OTTAWA — U.S. President Donald Trump says he will push members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) to spend far more money on defence, increasing pressure on countries like Canada ...

Canada’s ambassador to Washington says Canada is prepared to buy more from the United States including its next fleet of submarines to appease President-elect Donald Trump's concerns about the U.S.