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Will Canada Address US Military Spending Concerns Ahead of NATO Summit?
This past week, nearly one-quarter of the U.S. Senate criticized Prime Minister Trudeau over Canada's defence spending, urging Canada to present a plan at the NATO summit to meet the alliance's spending target. This was followed by comments from American Ambassador to Canada David Cohen about Canada becoming an outlier in NATO.
These remarks are salient, given the upcoming Washington Summit, and in light of Canada’s recently released and long-awaited defence policy update, which pledged billions of dollars in spending over the next several years.
These events serve as a basis to analyze…
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