OTTAWA – NATO allies are twisting Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s arm to step up and invest more in defence. The Wall Street Journal on Thursday slammed Canada as a “military free-rider in NATO” in a scathing editorial, calling its contribution to the alliance, currently estimated at 1.29 per cent of its GDP, “pathetic.”
They all might be surprised to learn that the man who hopes to replace him, Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre, hasn’t committed to achieving NATO’s spending targets of two per cent of GDP if he replaces Trudeau as prime minister.
