Re the Canadian purse and defence. In 2016 NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg released his annual state-of-the-alliance report noting that it was an agreement by all members to spend two per cent of GDP on defence.
In the report it was noted that Canada saw bump in defence spending in 2016, which pushed the percentage of its GDP spent on defence from 0.98 to 1.02.
An increase that moved Canada to 20th from 23rd in terms of spending among NATO's 28 allies, putting it in a tie with Hungary and Slovenia.
It was the smallest share of GDP that Canada has spent on defence since 2012. Only Belgium, Iceland, Luxembourg Spain and Czech Republic spent less.
Short arms, deep pockets.