加拿大的PBO警告到2035年打击北约5%的防御目标将增加赤字63B美元并增加债务,
Canada’s PBO warns hitting NATO’s 5% defence goal by 2035 would add $63B to the deficit and raise debt, citing lack of government transparency.
加拿大议会预算官员警告说,达到北约到2035年达到5%的GDP国防支出目标,可以使联邦赤字增加630亿美元,每年国防支出增加335亿美元,债务与GDP之比提高6.3个百分点。
Canada’s Parliamentary Budget Officer warns that meeting NATO’s 5% GDP defence spending target by 2035 could add $63 billion to the federal deficit, increase annual defence spending by $33.5 billion, and raise the debt-to-GDP ratio by 6.3 percentage points.
报告批评政府缺乏透明度,因为政府没有发布详细的支出计划或数据来支持其关于在实现1.5%临时目标方面取得进展的说法。
The report criticizes the government for lacking transparency, as it has not released detailed spending plans or data to support its claims of progress toward the 1.5% interim target.
PBO的分析假定国防开支累计增加3 340亿美元,到2035-36年达到1 591亿美元,对长期财政可持续性感到关切。
The PBO’s analysis assumes a cumulative $334 billion rise in defence spending, reaching $159.1 billion by 2035-36, with concerns over long-term fiscal sustainability.