Canada will not dedicate two percent of its gross domestic product (GDP) to national defence spending—as NATO asks its member countries to do—according to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
Trudeau, who was visiting an Alberta air force base along with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg as part of his Canadian Arctic visit, answered indirectly to a reporter asking if Ottawa would make any “promises or assurances” to meet NATO’s minimum military-spending goal.
“We certainly recognize that after decades of unprecedented peace, Russia’s decision to invade Ukraine is requiring us all to step up even more on defence spending,” Trudeau said during a press conference….