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> Canada honored its commitments. Two decades ago: "in 2006, NATO Defence Ministers agreed to commit a minimum of 2% of their GDP to defence spending." Canada
by michtzik 7mo ago
> Canada honored its commitments.
Two decades ago: "in 2006, NATO Defence Ministers agreed to commit a minimum of 2% of their GDP to defence spending."
Canada has not remotely upheld this agreement.
- eli_gottlieb 7mo agoThat has nothing to do with Trump's trade policies w.r.t Canada, though.
- palmotea 7mo ago> That has nothing to do with Trump's trade policies w.r.t Canada, though. If Canada's going to wag a finger at the US about breaking commitments, it does.
- throwpoaster 7mo agoYeah, we only recently began honouring our agreements[0], and even then we did it my recategorizing non-military spending as military[1]. [0]: https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/history-canada-nato-military-spending-targets https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/history-canada-nato-mil... [1]: "That five per cent figure is somewhat deceptive, since just 3.5 per cent of that will go to core defence needs, while 1.5 per cent is to cover spending loosely related to national security — such as funding for maritime ports, airports and other infrastructure." - https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/article/pm-carney-declares-us-ties-now-a-weakness-in-address-to-canadians/ https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/article/pm-carney-declares-u...
- drunkan 7mo agoah yes a perfectly reasonable explanation to start a trade war with your ally that hurts both economies.