LILLEY: Wall Street Journal right to say Justin Trudeau belongs at NATO's kid's table

Canada only spends roughly 1.38% of GDP on defence


Canada is a defence free rider, according to the most read, and perhaps most influential, newspaper in America.

While the newspaper is complimentary of Canada’s past military actions, the current trend of feeble spending is noted in full.

“Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was in Lithuania this week for the annual NATO summit, but it’s too bad there wasn’t a junior table where he could sit. That’s where his country belongs based on Ottawa’s feeble commitment to alliance defence,” the editorial states. ---More...

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