Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has responded to an American media report alleging that he privately told NATO officials that Canada will never meet the military alliance’s defence-spending target for its member countries.
The prime minister was asked by reporters on April 19, after leaving question period in the House of Commons, to confirm or deny the comments attributed to him in a report by The Washington Post published the same day.
“I continue to say and will always say that Canada is a reliable partner to NATO [North Atlantic Treaty Organization], a reliable partner around the world, and with our military investments, with the support we give to Canadians, we will continue to be doing that,” Trudeau said….