Prime Minister Justin Trudeau allegedly told NATO officials Canada will never meet its defence spending targets, according to a leaked secret Pentagon assessment obtained by The Washington Post. Mercedes Stephenson has more on the report, and whether the 2 per cent GDP target that hasn’t been met for more than 20 years is realistically achievable.
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