Defense innovation: Canada must learn from Israel, Ukraine, US to modernize its military – opinion

By Matthew J. Bondy – The Jerusalem Post

Following decades of bipartisan neglect and underfunding, Canada is finally getting serious about defense investment – and has key lessons to learn from Israel and other important allies.

The NATO member and critical Arctic nation unveiled its 2025 federal budget on November 4, shelling out C$81 billion to build up the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) over five years. This would allow Canada to address allied concerns over Canadian freeloading by reaching the previous NATO defense spending target of 2% by 2026, while putting the country on a path to reach the new 5% target by 2035.