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OTTAWA — Even before it hits the 2014 NATO target of two per cent, Canada is committing to a new NATO target of boosting its defence and military spending to five per cent of its GDP — or $150 billion each year in total — within ten years. Following a two-day NATO summit in the Netherlands, Prime Minister Mark Carney confirmed Wednesday that the alliance of European countries, the U.S. and Canada had agreed to significantly increase the sizes of their military and boost defence infrastructure spending within a decade. The new target, which was the product of significant pressure by...