Prime Minister Trudeau heads to NATO summit, where leaders face critical decisions

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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is heading to the NATO leaders' summit in Lithuania this week, where Canada is likely to play a larger-than-usual role in two critical discussions: the alliance's expanding membership and its efforts to refocus on collective defence.

Trudeau is expected to depart for Riga, Latvia, from Ottawa on Sunday evening. He is due to meet with that country's leaders on Monday before heading to the Lithuanian capital for the first day of the NATO summit on Tuesday.

"What we're seeing now is really a return to NATO's core business," said Tim Sayle, a NATO historian and professor at the University of Toronto. That will require more money. Only about a third of NATO members are meeting the agreed-upon target of spending two per cent of their GDP on defence -- which includes a pledge to dedicate one-fifth of that funding to equipment.

Trudeau is also expected to meet Canadian Armed Forces members who are part of the country's largest overseas mission.

 

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