Planned Capital Spending Under Strong, Secure, Engaged – Canada’s Defence Policy: 2022 Update

Abstract

This report analyses Department of National Defence planned capital spending under Strong, Secure, Engaged, announced in 2017, as of 2022.

Highlights

• For the first time, all $164 billion earmarked for capital spending in the Strong, Secure, Engaged (SSE) envelope is reconciled.

• There are additional delays in planned spending, raising concerns on the sufficiency of the SSE envelope due to inflation.

• The highest planned annual capital expenditure increases from $12.6 billion to $16.3 billion.

Supplementary Data

• Supplementary Data