OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is doubling down in his defence of the amount of money that Canada spends on its military in the face of fresh pressure from the United States.
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has given all NATO allies until May to come up with a plan for increasing the amount they spend on defence to two per cent of GDP.
That would mean doubling Canada’s current defence budget of about $19 billion, which represents only about one per cent of GDP.
But Trudeau isn’t wavering, at least publicly, asserting at a news conference in Toronto that Canada …read more
Source: National Newswatch
