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John Robson: NATO Pressure Won’t Stop Canada’s Free-Riding on US Defence Spending

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John Robson: NATO Pressure Won’t Stop Canada’s Free-Riding on US Defence Spending
A Canadian soldier wears the NATO Battle Group patch as he listens to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speak at the Adazi Military base, in Adazi, Latvia, on July 10, 2023. / The Canadian Press/Adrian Wyld
John Robson
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According to a newspaper, not this one, as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau attends the NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, this week “pressure will be on” to make a meaningful contribution to the alliance. Pressure being a colourless, odourless gas whose only known effect is to cause journalists to write headlines.
John Robson
John Robson
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John Robson is a documentary filmmaker, National Post columnist, senior fellow at the Aristotle Foundation, contributing editor to the Dorchester Review, and executive director of the Climate Discussion Nexus. His most recent documentary is “The Environment: A True Story.”
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