Trump sends letter to Trudeau calling for boost in Canada’s NATO defence spending

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No more free lunch for Canada. Our soldiers deserve better, and so do our citizens.

The more we support our military the less we can interfere in the free market and lives of citizens.

Trump sends letter to Trudeau calling for boost in Canada’s NATO defence spending | The Star

OTTAWA—As Prime Minister Justin Trudeau prepares to attend the upcoming NATO summit in Brussels, U.S. President Donald Trump is calling on Canada to meet the alliance’s defence spending targets.

In the June 19 letter, Trump says there is “growing frustration” in the United States with North Atlantic Treaty Organization allies like Canada that have not increased defence spending as promised.

“This frustration is not confined to our executive branch. The United States Congress has taken note and is concerned as well,” reads the letter, first reported by iPolitics. The Canadian Press has confirmed the authenticity of the letter.
 
By NATO’s measure, Canada’s percentage-of-GDP spending ranked 23rd of 28 members in 2016. But in actual dollars Canada spent on defence and on NATO itself, it ranks sixth behind the U.S., France, U.K., Germany and Italy.

The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, which monitors worldwide defence spending, says Canada would remain in sixth place even if it added $20 billion a year to its defence budget. And its population ranks ninth in the alliance.

“In times of defence austerity, calling for allies simply to spend more—rather than spend more wisely—means fooling those who spend their money efficiently and rewarding those who waste money without visible results for NATO,” Major writes.

There are many ways of evaluating defence spending. By NATO’s own assessments, the U.S. is estimated to have spent US$1,876 per capita on defence in 2016, compared to Canada’s $504. But Canada’s $504 exceeds the European average of $395.

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Nevertheless, Canada is perennially ranked among the best places in the world to live and routinely far outperforms the United States in quality-of-life measures.

Canada needs a strong military to assert its own sovereignty, first and foremost. Part of that sovereignty constitutes maintaining its role in the world and contributing to international operations of all kinds.

As long as Canada is pulling its weight, no one should be telling Canadians what they must spend on defence.

Spending two per cent of GDP is misleading | Legion Magazine
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Just because the US spends an ungodly amount on defense spending, doesn't mean its right, while they cut all social programs.

By the way , What does Israel spend?? and Saudi Arabia??
 
By NATO’s measure, Canada’s percentage-of-GDP spending ranked 23rd of 28 members in 2016. But in actual dollars Canada spent on defence and on NATO itself, it ranks sixth behind the U.S., France, U.K., Germany and Italy.

The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, which monitors worldwide defence spending, says Canada would remain in sixth place even if it added $20 billion a year to its defence budget. And its population ranks ninth in the alliance.

“In times of defence austerity, calling for allies simply to spend more—rather than spend more wisely—means fooling those who spend their money efficiently and rewarding those who waste money without visible results for NATO,” Major writes.

There are many ways of evaluating defence spending. By NATO’s own assessments, the U.S. is estimated to have spent US$1,876 per capita on defence in 2016, compared to Canada’s $504. But Canada’s $504 exceeds the European average of $395.

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Nevertheless, Canada is perennially ranked among the best places in the world to live and routinely far outperforms the United States in quality-of-life measures.

Canada needs a strong military to assert its own sovereignty, first and foremost. Part of that sovereignty constitutes maintaining its role in the world and contributing to international operations of all kinds.

As long as Canada is pulling its weight, no one should be telling Canadians what they must spend on defence.

Spending two per cent of GDP is misleading | Legion Magazine
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Just because the US spends an ungodly amount on defense spending, doesn't mean its right, while they cut all social programs.

By the way , What does Israel spend?? and Saudi Arabia??


Translation: Without America, Canada would be speaking German or Russian today.
 
We foot the bill for Israel and the Gulf states,

take a look at our non nato allies:

Major non-NATO ally - Wikipedia

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No without the US , the Canadians would be speaking French,. The Protestants joined the Irish Catholics to speak English and against French , which the Roman Catholics spoke.
 
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By NATO’s measure, Canada’s percentage-of-GDP spending ranked 23rd of 28 members in 2016. But in actual dollars Canada spent on defence and on NATO itself, it ranks sixth behind the U.S., France, U.K., Germany and Italy.

The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, which monitors worldwide defence spending, says Canada would remain in sixth place even if it added $20 billion a year to its defence budget. And its population ranks ninth in the alliance.

“In times of defence austerity, calling for allies simply to spend more—rather than spend more wisely—means fooling those who spend their money efficiently and rewarding those who waste money without visible results for NATO,” Major writes.

There are many ways of evaluating defence spending. By NATO’s own assessments, the U.S. is estimated to have spent US$1,876 per capita on defence in 2016, compared to Canada’s $504. But Canada’s $504 exceeds the European average of $395.

Snip

Nevertheless, Canada is perennially ranked among the best places in the world to live and routinely far outperforms the United States in quality-of-life measures.

Canada needs a strong military to assert its own sovereignty, first and foremost. Part of that sovereignty constitutes maintaining its role in the world and contributing to international operations of all kinds.

As long as Canada is pulling its weight, no one should be telling Canadians what they must spend on defence.

Spending two per cent of GDP is misleading | Legion Magazine
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So NATO (who allegedly keeps the books on NATO members) says that Canada ranks at the bottom of the list in it's fiscal responsibilities but something called the "Stockholm International Peace Research Institute" claims that the pleasant polite country to the north of the U.S. is pulling it's weight and should be evaluated differently. Is it possible that the Stockholm Institute is a front for Russian intelligence?
 
Yet Canada secures its own borders, and does not allow illegal aliens. Their populace supports that policy, but in the U.S. the Left considers that Racist.
 

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