Trudeau Responds to Report Saying He Told NATO Canada Will Never Meet Military Spending Target

Trudeau Responds to Report Saying He Told NATO Canada Will Never Meet Military Spending Target
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau meets with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at the NATO Summit in Madrid on June 29, 2022. The Canadian Press/Paul Chiasson
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has responded to an American media report alleging that he privately told NATO officials that Canada will never meet the military alliance’s defence-spending target for its member countries.

The prime minister was asked by reporters on April 19, after leaving question period in the House of Commons, to confirm or deny the comments attributed to him in a report by The Washington Post published the same day.