Canada will extend its NATO military mission in Latvia, which was due to end next year, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Tuesday.
BERLIN—In the face of extraordinary international moves — by the U.S. and Europe to slash Russian oil and gas imports and by Poland to send its Soviet-era fighter jet fleet to Ukraine’s defence — Canada’s decision to extend its NATO military mission in Eastern Europe was staged as a momentous one.
At a news conference Stoltenberg belted out a warning to Russia that the NATO alliance has reinforced its ranks, saying the flexing of military power is meant “not to provoke a war, it is to prevent a war; is to preserve peace.” Asked if he was prepared to take Canada to war if Latvia or any other state bordering on Russia was invaded, Trudeau said, “I know I can speak for all NATO members when I say we will all abide by Article Five,” referring to the alliance’s guarantee that an attack on one is an attack on all.
Russian forces invaded by land, air and sea, driving out two million refugees and creating a massive humanitarian crisis: an action by an unpredictable superpower that should force Trudeau to reckon with how he and other global leaders failed to plan for a future that is now. Still, as Trudeau arrived hours later in Germany he had not revealed any details about his vague promise a day earlier to consider investing more in Canada’s military defence.
Canada’s military spending is at 1.39 per cent of GDP, with many of Trudeau’s promised investments spread out over the next decade, too late to deal with the here and now.
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