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19
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
11%
2 of 19 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
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The Liberals have laid out a plan to dramatically boost defence and security spending over the next five years, including committing $451 billion to core defence spending alone while giving the domestic spy agency more money in a bid to help to rely less “on foreign partners.”
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Liberals → lay → partners
While the 2026 budget does not provide a complete breakdown of planned defence spending, it does break out a few details — such as $2.3 billion for the Defence Drone Initiative, a program aimed at acquiring and developing new unmanned aerial systems (UAS) for both the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) and the Canadian Coast Guard.
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it → provide → Forces
Prime Minister Mark Carney committed to boosting defence spending part of his election platform.
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Carney → commit → platform
For years, Canada lagged behind NATO’s target of spending two per cent of GDP on defence.
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Canada → lag → defence
The Liberal government announced they had hit that target in 2025, and pledged to reach NATO’s new benchmark of five per cent of GDP by 2035.
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they → announce → 2035
While Carney’s first budget maintained that promise, it did not break down planned spending.
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it → maintain → spending
The budget document also committed $7.6 billion over five years to extend Operation Reassurance, Canada’s largest foreign deployment, which has thousands of CAF personnel stationed on NATO’s eastern flank in Latvia.
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which → commit → Latvia
The budget notes that money will come from existing National Defence resources.
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money → note → resources
The NATO commitment includes both core defence spending and a category of “security and defence-related funding” — investments on critical infrastructure like highways, civil preparedness, public safety and research.
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commitment → include → highways
Taken together, core defence spending and security-related funding are projected to reach 4.1 per cent of GDP in 2030-2031, according to the budget documents, or roughly $700 billion over the five-year planning horizon.
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spending → take → horizon
Carney’s ‘ambitious’ but ‘risky’ budget eyes investment in uncertain world
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budget → eye → world
Post-secondary students protest Ford government OSAP changes, tuition hikes
- First Nation criticizes Holt government for not consulting about lifting fracking ban
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Nation → protest → ban
Toronto’s first electric ferry will soon begin journey to Canada
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ferry → begin → Canada
The budget also includes a significant boost for Canada’s domestic spy agency, the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS).
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budget → include → agency
The agency will receive $6 billion over 10 years, starting in 2027, and $579.5 million in ongoing funding to “expand its presence and capabilities.”
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agency → receive → presence
It’s a significant increase in CSIS budget, which came in at roughly $700 million in 2024-25.
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which → ’ → 2024
The budget documents said the increased funding would help CSIS “better protect Canadians from terrorism, foreign interference, espionage and other evolving threats.”
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CSIS → say → terrorism
Canada — and CSIS — rely on international partners, particularly the U.S., to share vital intelligence about threats to the country.
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partners → rely → country
While that’s unlikely to change, the budget document also suggests the bigger budget would also reduce CSIS’s “reliance on foreign partners” to do its job.
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budget → ’ → job
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