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thank you very much, stephen. it s a pleasure to have you on the show. as minister of defence in canada, how embarrassed are you that your country is still significantly failing to meet the collective commitment of nato member states to spend at least 2% of your gdp on defence? stephen, i m not embarrassed at all because canada, under our government, has been investing very significantly in defence and there s been a very strong upper projectory of defence spending. we ve just introduced our latest defence policy, which injects a significant amount of new investment into defence spending. it builds up greater capabilities, it moves us much closer to the target of 2%, and with some of the other things that we ve articulated in this defence policy, i think we are on a strong and inevitable path to achieving that 2% goal. canada is well aware of its responsibilities to our nato allies, to our continental allies, through norad in the united states, and even around the world ....
bill blair in ottawa, welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much, stephen. it s a pleasure to have you on the show. as minister of defence in canada, how embarrassed are you that your country is still significantly failing to meet the collective commitment of nato member states to spend at least 2% of your gdp on defence? stephen, i m not embarrassed at all because canada, under our government, has been investing very significantly in defence and there s been a very strong upper projectory of defence spending. we ve just introduced our latest defence policy, which injects a significant amount of new investment into defence spending. it builds up greater capabilities, it moves us much closer to the target of 2%, and with some of the other things that we ve articulated in this defence policy, i think we are on a strong and inevitable path to achieving that 2% goal. canada is well aware of its responsibilities to our nato allies, to our continental allies, through norad in t ....
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bill blair in ottawa, welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much, stephen. it s a pleasure to have you on the show. as minister of defence in canada, how embarrassed are you that your country is still significantly failing to meet the collective commitment of nato member states to spend at least 2% of your gdp on defence? stephen, i m not embarrassed at all because canada, under our government, has been investing very significantly in defence and there s been a very strong upper projectory of defence spending. we ve just introduced our latest defence policy, which injects a significant amount of new investment into defence spending. it builds up greater capabilities, it moves us much closer to the target of 2%, and with some of the other things that we ve articulated in this defence policy, i think we are on a strong and inevitable path to achieving that 2% goal. canada is well aware of its responsibilities to our nato allies, to our continental allies, through norad in t ....
who celebrates her 100th birthday. good morning. welcome to bbc newsroom live. home care companies say they are in crisis because they can t recruit enough staff to meet the growing demand. research commissioned by the bbc‘s panorama suggests nearly1 in 4 in the past three months alone. sian lloyd reports. good morning! amanda hfi péivélliéfifiéififithéflc s 800,000 home care workers. today, she is with former teacher william williams, who has multiple sclerosis. amanda is paid £7.55 an hour, just above the national living wage and, like many care workers, struggles to make ends meet. are not guaranteed. i did look into buying a house four years ago, but because i didn t have a contract they wouldn t allow me to buy l . 7, ,, ,,..-,l ,, w” llj, it s hard. it is hard. amanda is one of 200 staff employed by a family run company near bangor. vacancies and is struggling to take on new clients. last year, the company stopped providing care for one local co ....