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NATO chief 'fairly confident' Canada can hit 5% defence spending | Power & Politics
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9:29Now PlayingNATO Secretary General Mark Rutte says alliance members 'simply cannot, going forward, defend ourselves' with a defence spending target of two per cent of GDP. In this exclusive interview with Power & Politics, Rutte says members will make a decision about whether to increase the target to five per cent at the NATO summit starting June 24. Rutte says he's 'fairly confident' Canada can reach that goal despite only committing to hit the two per cent target by March — over a decade after it was set.
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