
June 25 (Reuters) - Canada will join NATO's new defense investment pledge and will invest 5% of its gross domestic product (GDP) in defense spending by 2035, Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney said in a statement on Wednesday.
Canada will invest 3.5% of GDP for core military capabilities and another 1.5% for defense and security-related expenditures, such as new airports, ports, telecommunication, emergency preparedness systems, the statement said.