Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has told NATO officials privately that Canada will never meet the military alliance’s defence spending target, according to a…
“Whether that translates into government-wide action is a different question with a different answer,” Buck told. “There has been underinvestment in defense and broader security for quite a while now in Canada, from my perspective, and through successive governments.”
“Years of restraint, cost cutting, downsizing and deferred investment have meant that Canada’s defense capabilities have atrophied,” said 60 signatories, who included several former Canadian defense ministers, military commanders, and security and intelligence officials. Trudeau’s office referred requests for comment to the Ministry of Defense. A spokesman for Defense Minister Anita Anand toldthat Canada’s “commitment to Euro-Atlantic and global security is ironclad — and we continue to make landmark investments to equip our Armed Forces.”
In October, Eyre ordered a halt to nonessential activities so commanders could focus on personnel shortages. One factor fueling the shortages, officials acknowledged, is a string of sexual misconduct allegations against top leaders. A government-commissioned report said the crisis “has caused as much damage as defeat in combat would have to demoralize the troops and shock Canadians.”
Canadian military leaders, it says, “perceive that politicians do not care about supporting them and that senior politicians publicly misrepresent defense spending for political gain.”
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