NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg says it's time for NATO allies to 'step up' defence spending, in light of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg says it’s time for NATO allies to “step up” defence spending, in light of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
“Canada is contributing in many ways to our collective defence, to our shared security. Canada is the lead nation in the Baltic region with the battle group [Operation Reassurance],” he said. “We need to make sure that the women and men who served in the Canadian Armed Forces have all the equipment necessary to be able to stand strongly as we always have as members of NATO and we will continue to look at what more we can do,” he said, speaking alongside his British and Dutch counterparts.The alliance has an agreed-upon target to spend two per cent of GDP on defence but Canada lags behind other members, spending an estimated 1.39 per cent last year.
Trudeau has previously pledged to inject billions of dollars into Canada’s military over the next 20 years. Given the circumstances in Europe, it will be a key line item to watch in the upcoming federal budget.
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