{
  "id": 12415553,
  "title": "Direct spending on Canadian military could reach more than $163B by 2035: budget watchdog",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/direct-spending-on-canadian-military-could-reach-more-than-163b-by",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-06T15:54:33.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "CBC News",
    "slug": "cbc-news",
    "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/pbo-canada-military-spending-9.7371055"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Direct spending on the Canadian military could reach $163.6 billion by 2035 under the Liberal government's proposal to meet NATO's benchmark target of five per cent of GDP, the Parliamentary Budget Office in a new report on Tuesday.",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}