Canada

Poilievre won't commit to NATO 2% target

While at the same time complaining that Trudeau won't achieve that same target.

Uh, who says he's going to inherit anything? Election hasn't happened yet, and there's still lots of opportunities for him to expose himself as a fascist.

The one thing I was hoping from a Poilievre PM is that I assumed he would at the very least match the 2% NATO requirement, that was the only thing going for him

"Poilievre won't commit to NATO 2% target"

Uh huh, sure. Party of the military, except when it comes to paying for stuff. Maybe if we conscripted rich people then conservatives would be more amendable to giving them handouts?

I'm sure that being the party of choice in Canada for Putin supporters has nothing to do with it, either.

This is the best summary I could come up with:

Poilievre made the remarks in Montréal after being asked why he hasn't yet committed to the NATO benchmark of spending two per cent of annual GDP on the military.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau promised to reach the target by 2032 at the NATO summit in Washington D.C. on Thursday after facing criticism for lagging behind alliance partners.

After the meeting, McConnell published a post on X: "It's time for our northern ally to invest seriously in the hard power required to help preserve prosperity and security across NATO."

In May, a group of U.S. senators from both major parties sent a letter to Trudeau urging the Liberal government to boost defence spending to the NATO target.

"It's clear now Justin Trudeau is seen as an absolute joke on the world stage," Poilievre said in reaction to allies' criticism of Canada's defence spending.

Since coming to power in 2015, the Trudeau government's military spending as a percentage of GDP has ranged from a low of 1.16 per cent in 2016 to a high of 1.44 in 2017, according to NATO figures.

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