Wall Street Journal: The prime minister has high approval ratings even as he ushers in once-unthinkable changes on the environment, defense and foreign relations.
…It isn’t clear how Canada plans to pay for the huge increases to military spending and whether Canadians will be on board if it requires long-term deficits, higher taxes or cuts to social programs. Carney has pledged to meet NATO’s new target of spending 5% of gross domestic product on defense by 2035, which he estimates could amount to $150 billion annually. Current military spending is $51 billion…