Justin Trudeau wants European allies to know that when Canada invests in defending North America and the Canadian Arctic, they also benefit.
The prime minister directly linked Canada’s work alone and with the United States on defending the continent to security in Europe during a news conference on Friday at a Royal Canadian Air Force Base in Cold Lake, Alta.Sign up to receive daily headline news from the Ottawa SUN, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.
But Trudeau’s comments also coincide with Canada’s continued refusal to dramatically increase military spending to meet NATO’s target that all members allocate two per cent of their national gross domestic product toward defence. Stoltenberg’s tour included meeting troops in Nunavut participating in the Canadian Armed Forces’ premier Arctic training exercise, as well as seeing one of the military radar sites that forms the backbone of Canada’s contribution to Norad today.Article content
“What happens here matters not only for Canada, it matters for the whole alliance,” Stoltenberg said. “Canada has increased defence spending … and we welcome that,” he said. “But of course we expect allies to do more. So therefore this is always an issue, and it will continue to be as long as allies don’t meet the two per cent guideline.”
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