Poland’s president says members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, including Canada, must raise defence spending to three per cent of GDP to deter Russia’s war in Ukraine from spreading.
Andrzej Duda made the comments at a speech in Vancouver on Friday, a day ahead of his meeting with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
While not saying Canada by name, Duda says the West has “a lot of gaps” in its industrial base to produce military aid for Ukraine in its defence against Russia, a problem that needs to be resolved if Moscow’s threats are to be deterred.