
How Mark Carney is turning military spending into a force for economic renewal
When Mark Carney stood before Canadians on June 9 to announce a bold leap toward NATO’s defence spending benchmark of two per cent of GDP, the subtext was revolutionary. What could have been framed as an act of geopolitical compliance or national security enhancement was instead narrated as an economic renaissance. “Rebuilding, rearming, and reinvesting” was not just rhetorical symmetry...