That’s because those topics have been largely left by the wayside in Budget 2022. “This is a modest budget,” said Sahir Khan, executive vice president at the University of Ottawa’s Institute for Fiscal Studies and Democracy. Here’s what you need to know about what’s missing from this year’s federal budget. At the time, Anand had told CBC that she had plans to present “aggressive options” to the federal cabinet that could see defence spending hit or exceed that two-per-cent target. 2:08 Canada’s defence spending expected to be priority in 2022 budget Canada’s defence spending expected to be priority in 2022 budgetBut when Budget 2022 came around, it only announced an $8 billion boost to Canada’s military budget — a figure that falls far short of the $16 billion the government would need to spend to meet its NATO target.

Source: CBC News April 08, 2022 01:41 UTC