Canada is spending 1.4 per cent of its GDP on defence, far below NATO’s ask of 2 per cent
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was on the defensive about Canada ’s defence spending Tuesday as he gave a speech ahead of the NATO leaders’ summit in Washington, D.C.
“When we took office, Canada was spending less than one per cent of our GDP on defence each year, but we vowed to change that, and we have followed through on our word,” he said. Hillman joined Trudeau on Tuesday morning for a bipartisan meeting with U.S. senators, including Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell.
The 32 NATO leaders are marking the alliance’s 75th anniversary this week as Russia escalates its aggression toward Ukraine. At last year’s summit, attendees agreed that Ukraine should join the alliance once conditions permit – namely, the end of the Russian invasion and Ukraine making a series of democratic reforms to stamp out corruption.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky visited a D.C. memorial dedicated to the millions of people who died in the man-made famine of 1932-33 known as the Holodomor on Tuesday morning.
In advance of the presidential election this fall, the Liberal government launched a new Team Canada approach that has seen ministers and diplomats and Trudeau himself pounding the pavement across the U.S. to make sure Canadians are prepared for any outcome.
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