Justin Trudeau needs to assure Joe Biden about Canada’s commitment to security
Vincent Rigby is a visiting professor at the Max Bell School of Public Policy at McGill University and a former national-security and intelligence adviser to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
Many are responding to Washington’s call. Britain, for instance, has promised to increase its defence budget by £11-billion over five years. Australia will acquire nuclear-powered submarines. Japan will double its defence budget from 1 per cent to 2 per cent of GDP. In the absence of a comprehensive national-security strategy, this won’t be easy. But the Prime Minister can start by telling the President that Canada will address three areas of concern to Washington and other allies.
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