spending would reach NATO’s target of 2% of gross domestic product by the end of the country’s fiscal year.

Canada's Liberal government will pour extra billions into its armed forces and hit NATO's 2% military spending target this fiscal year, much earlier than scheduled, Prime Minister Mark Carney said on ...

The spending increase, worth billions of dollars, will allow Canada to meet NATO's 2% target in the fiscal year ending next March and exceed it in future years, the report said.