Carney to attend NATO, Canada-EU summits in Europe
Global News
The Prime Minister's Office said the leaders will work to "deepen the Canada-EU relationship across all sectors," including trade and defence.
Prime Minister Mark Carney heads to Europe on the weekend to attend summits on NATO and Canada-EU relations.
The Prime Minister’s Office confirmed Carney’s travel plans today, after he wrapped up the G7 leaders’ summit in Alberta.
Carney will head to Brussels on Sunday to meet with European leaders.
The Prime Minister’s Office said the leaders will work to “deepen the Canada-EU relationship across all sectors,” including trade and defence.
Carney will then head to The Hague in the Netherlands for the NATO summit on Tuesday and Wednesday.
The Prime Minister’s Office said Carney will engage with allies at the summit to “meet evolving threats in a more dangerous and divided world.”
The NATO meeting likely will focus on defence spending. NATO allies are expected to adopt a plan to hike the defence spending target for members to five per cent of national GDP — a level Canada has not reached since the 1950s.
Carney announced last week that Canada will rapidly advance its military spending timeline to hit the current NATO target of two per cent of national GDP by adding $9 billion to the fiscal framework this year.
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