Flanked by Minister of Defence Anita Anand and Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks to media at the NATO Summit, Tuesday, July 11, 2023 in Vilnius, Lithuania.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau heads to Washington today for a meeting of NATO nations — where he's widely expected to hear some tough talk from allies behind closed doors about his government's refusal to deliver a clear plan to meet the alliance's defence spending targets.
"It's used as a political club," Buck said of the two per cent benchmark. "And no doubt, unless there's a signal before the summit, Canada will get beaten about the head and shoulders with that club."Anand defends hesitation to further invest in defence as NATO secretary general arrives in CanadaThe Liberal government has vowed that planned military spending which has not yet been approved will push the country over the two per cent line.
"Over time when we had these summits with Americans, or meetings, observers often expect the Americans to be critical of us, and frankly, it never happens," said the official, who pointed to U.S. President Joe Biden's spring visit to Ottawa, during which the defence spending target wasn't raised. On Friday, soon-to-retire NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg underlined the two per cent commitment and said that allies are expecting more.
Another defence analyst said Prime Minister Trudeau is no doubt braced for whatever he hears from other NATO leaders — in private or in public.
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