\u0027Canada has a decision to make about its role in the discussion about Ukraine\u0027
“Canada has a decision to make about its role in the discussion about Ukraine, but it also has this decision to make about Canadian defence spending and just what kind of ally Canada is going to be.”
That will require more money. Only about a third of NATO members are meeting the agreed-upon target of spending two per cent of their GDP on defence — which includes a pledge to dedicate one-fifth of that funding to equipment. Before attending the NATO summit, Trudeau is set to participate in meetings Monday with Latvia’s president, Edgars RinkÄ”viÄs, and its prime minister, KriÅ¡jÄnis Kariņš.
Canada has committed to sending a tank squadron with 15 Leopard 2 tanks and some 130 personnel to Latvia starting this fall, but it is unclear how many more troops will join the 800 Canadians already in place.Article content Last-minute talks aimed at getting Turkiye and Hungary on side with allowing Sweden to become a member have not been successful. Its Nordic neighbour Finland joined most recently, in April.“Sweden is at the table in the military committee, in the North Atlantic Council every week. So they know basically everything already,” he said.Article contentSome nations are pushing for immediate membership. U.K. Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said last month that he hopes to see an expedited process.
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