Military manpower - military age: 17 years of age
Military manpower - availability: males age 15-49: 8,282,846 (2000 est.)
Military manpower - fit for military service: males age 15-49: 7,086,335 (2000 est.)
Military manpower - reaching military age annually: males: 212,701 (2000 est.)
Military expenditures - dollar figure: $7.4 billion (FY97/98)
Military expenditures - percent of GDP: 1.2% (FY97/98)
@Canada:Transnational Issues
Disputes - international: maritime boundary disputes with the US
(Dixon Entrance, Beaufort Sea, Strait of Juan de Fuca, Machias Seal
Island)
Illicit drugs: illicit producer of cannabis for the domestic drug market; use of hydroponics technology permits growers to plant large quantities of high-quality marijuana indoors; growing role as a transit point for heroin and cocaine entering the US market
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