Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland says Canada’s commitment to Ukraine has been an important contribution to NATO’s strength at a time when the United States has been “unable to step up” on aid to the embattled country.
Freeland was responding to a question about Canada’s efforts to meet NATO’s military spending target for member nations — two per cent of GDP — in an interview airing Saturday on CBC’s The House.
She told host Catherine Cullen that Canada’s per capita commitments to Ukraine — which she called “NATO’s most pressing challenge” — had been very significant.
“Canadians can stand up tall and proud, knowing that our country is absolutely doing our part to resist Russia [and] support Ukraine, which is NATO’s biggest fight,” she said.
Freeland said “shenanigans in Congress” have left the U.S. unable to provide much-needed support to Ukraine as it fights to defend itself from Russian forces.
And I’ve been equally clear that I don’t think it’s fair to assess Canada’s performance or commitment to defence by reference to any single metric," he said.
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