Wednesday, July 4, 2018

PM TRUDEAU'S LATVIAN RED HERRING VISIT

   The Canadian government is defending itself against accusations from U.S. President Donald Trump that Canada is falling short on defense spending, saying there are big military expenditure increases planned in future years and that this country always contributes to NATO deployments.
   This rejoinder from Canada comes as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau heads to the Baltic country of Latvia to showcase a Canadian military deployment aimed at deterring Russian aggression.
   One military analyst, however, says Canada is dodging, rather than answering, justified criticism by changing the subject to deployments from funding levels

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