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The Senate Committee on National Security and Defence will release its second report on what it sees as the way ahead for Canada’s defence.

The report will be released at 1:15 p.m. on Monday.

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The senators will get into more detail about various programs and initiatives that are needed. The report is coming just weeks after the release of the senator’s initial study on the defence policy. That report recommended boosting the country’s military spending to 1.5 per cent of GDP by 2023 and to 2 per cent by 2028.

On Sunday, Liberal cabinet minister Marc Garneau told CTV that significant funding is coming for the DND and Canadian Forces.

The defence policy review will be unveiled before Prime Minister Justin Trudeau heads to the NATO summit in Brussels at the end of the month, Garneau said in an interview with Evan Solomon, host of CTV’s Question Period.

Reaching the 2 per cent mark that the senators recommend would require the government to more than double the current $20 billion a year defence budget.