Poilievre Not Committed to NATO 2% Guideline: ‘Our Country is Broke’

Published on July 12, 2024

Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre has refrained from backing Canada’s new commitment to meet NATO’s defence spending guideline, blaming the state of the country’s finances for his reluctance. “I always say what I mean and mean what I say. I make promises that I can keep,” Mr. Poilievre said at at a July 12 press conference in Montreal. “Our country is broke after nine years of Trudeau.” Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said July 11 that Canada would reach the military alliance’s guideline for members to spend 2 percent of GDP on defence by 2032. He made commitment during a press conference on the final day of the NATO Summit in Washington, D.C....

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