Canada's age-old stigma against defence spending will cost us dearly

Open this photo in gallery: Russia's 2024 military base expansions and China's icebreaker deployments threaten Canada's sovereignty over the world's second-longest Arctic border.GAVIN JOHN/The New York Times News Service Omar Saleh is the chief commercial officer at North Vector Dynamics. Paul Ziadé is the chief executive officer of North Vector Dynamics and an associate professor at the University of Calgary. Canada's commitment to increase defence spending to 5 per cent of GDP by 2035 is historic. It's not just a budget line. It's a signal - that after decades of strategic drift, we intend to matter. This signal comes at…