Canada has not approached the NATO nations’ pledge to spend two per cent of GDP on defence. David L. Cohen, Joe Biden’s ambassador to Canada, diplomatically expressed his disappointment in speaking with the Star. Story via thekeenanwire.
, though at the time Prime Minister Justin Trudeau wouldn’t directly say how or how soon Canada would do so. “We continue to have those discussions at home. We have a budgetary process underway right now,” he told reporters on March 25 in the wake of the NATO announcement. NATO officials are scheduled to meet again in Spain and provide updates on how its members intend to meet the targets.that Canada “at least” meet the two per cent NATO pledge .
But Cohen went out of his way to laud Canada’s leadership alongside the U.S. in uniting western allies against Russia. Cohen also followed his criticism of Canada’s defence spending in the budget by commending Ottawa’s recent decision, after more thanfrom U.S. company Lockheed Martin at a price of $19 billion. The jets will replace Canada’s aging fleet of CF-18s.
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