ArriveCan accountability plus other letters, Feb. 18: 'Was it needed? My answer is no'

Open this photo in gallery: Auditor-General Karen Hogan appears as a witness at a House of Commons standing committee on Public Accounts on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Feb. 12.Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press Pay up Re "Dodging the NATO spending target for defence is a shrug that Canada can no longer afford from its politicians" (Feb. 15): We could increase our defence expenditures as a percentage of GDP, as requested by NATO and certain U.S. political candidates, by giving all military personnel large salary increases. Compensate them adequately for their service to our country. In turn, these personnel would likely…