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Article: Canada's military spending higher than in WWII, but humanitarian aid has dropped.(Front Burner)
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- Catholic New Times
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- July 4, 2004
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Three things you're not being told about Canadian military spending:
1. Canada is already in the top 10 per cent of military spenders world wide:
a. Measured in absolute spending, rather than as a percentage of GDP, Canada's military ranks 15th or 16th from the top of the world's 190-plus countries.
b. Within NATO, now an alliance of 26 members that includes most of the world's largest military spenders, Canada ranks 6th to 8th, or well within the top third. NATO has four basic tiers of military spending: The U.S. is in a class all by itself. Then the UK, Germany, France and Italy make up a second tier of significant spenders. The third tier ...