Canada could be royally screw-ed by this policy. Our 0.99% of GDP amounted to 20billion in 2016...so raise that to 2% and we are lookingat 40 billion per year...add in a few NORAD and other commitments plus arrears and we could be up in hte 40-50 billion range....

Currently, we had a 30 billion deficit in 2016...if you add in the required NATO 2% we are at 50billion deficit and counting in perpetuity. -- well at least the extra 20 billion of the military can t be cut, which means a return to balanced budgets would requre over 50 billion of spending cuts...are you listening Morneau?? Are Canadians ready for these cuts?