Canada's defence spending is 'shameful,' says U.S. Speaker, falling at bottom of the pack at NATO

Since arriving in Washington, D.C. earlier this week, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has faced a barrage of criticism about his government’s lack of a plan to meet the NATO pledge of spending two per cent of its gross domestic product (GDP) on defence.

The U.S. Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mike Johnson, accused Canada of “riding on America’s coattails” at a security forum on the margins of the 75th anniversary summit of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, a military alliance Canada helped create. ---More...

American official calls Trudeau shameful. We are an embarrassment. pic.twitter.com/Y17rLSFeMg

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