OTTAWA — The Liberal government has delayed the release of its new defence policy, setting up a potentially awkward meeting between Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and U.S. President Donald Trump next week.
Trudeau and Trump are scheduled to gather with counterparts from other NATO members in Brussels for the alliance’s first leaders’ summit since Trump took office in January.
The top item on the agenda is expected to be defence spending, which Trump has been actively pressing allies to increase.
The Liberals’ defence policy, which officials had promised would be released before the NATO summit, was expected to lay out a plan for …read more
Source: National Newswatch
