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How Will Canada Pay for its Military Overhaul? | The Rundown

Canada plans to spend billions in the years ahead rebuilding and rearming its military. But it’s not clear where money will go — or where it will come from. We talk to Ann Fitz-Gerald (director of the Balsillie School of International Affairs and professor of political science at Wilfrid Laurier University) and Philippe Lagassé (associate professor and Barton Chair at Carleton University’s Norman Paterson School of International Affairs) about what smart spending would look like here and whether the government can afford a growing deficit. 0:00 Intro 0:22 Why the F-35 decision is taking so long 1:50 Challenges of operating a mixed fighter fleet 2:46 Possible motives behind procurement delays 3:15 Canada's “unstrategic” defense policy 4:14 Problems in Canada’s defense procurement system 5:52 How much defense spending is “for show”? 7:34 Using defense spending to boost Canadian industry 9:02 What to expect in the defense industrial policy 10:21 The importance of value-add in Canadian defense innovation 11:28 Can Canada afford its NATO spending commitments? 13:00 Growing the economic pie vs. cutting it 14:32 How unified is NATO right now? 16:11 NATO’s future and Arctic geostrategy About The Rundown: The Rundown is your nightly half-hour deep dive into just one headline. With host Jeyan Jeganathan, we’ll cover everything from housing and health care to climate and AI. We’ll break down why each topic matters, who’s living it, and what’s being done to make things better – starting right here in Ontario. Slow down. Tune in. Make sense of the moment. And tell us what you think.