Prime Minister Justin Trudeau visits Canadian Forces Base Trenton in Ontario to release Canada’s updated defence policy. He is joined by Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland, Defence Minister Bill Blair, and associate Defence Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor.

Provisions in the upcoming federal budget will include an investment of $73 billion over 20 years. The new defence policy is expected to boost Canada's military spending to 1.76 per cent of GDP by 2029-30. That figure is still below the NATO target of two per cent of GDP. The Liberal government released its last defence policy in 2017.

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