VICTORIA — The British Columbia government has recruited former national defence minister Harjit Sajjan to help the province secure some of the billions the federal government will spend to boost its military commitment.

Sajjan served as the minister between 2015 and 2021, and Jobs minister Ravi Kahlon says he has agreed to advise the provincial government for free.

Prime Minister Mark Carney has promised NATO that Canada would increase military spending to five per cent of GDP in the next decade, with 3.5 per cent going toward traditional military hardware and the rest on infrastructure.

Kahlon says Canada's military commitments mean billions of additional spending per year, starting with $9 billion this year based on available figures, and B.C. plans to release a strategy by the end o

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