More to do on defence, Trudeau says after meetings with Polish leaders in Warsaw
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is defending Canada's defence spending levels as he wraps up a three-day visit to Ukraine and Poland.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is defending Canada's defence spending levels as he wraps up a three-day visit to Ukraine and Poland.
Trudeau says Canada is the seventh-largest contributor to defence of all 31 NATO allies, but he acknowledges there is still more to do.
He met today with Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, who says it's essential that the western world rise to meet the global threat posed by Russia.
Tusk says he's convinced every NATO will "sooner or later" reach the spending levels necessary to mount a proper defence.
He also describes Canada as being among the most valuable and essential allies to Europe and Poland.
Trudeau, who spent Saturday in Kyiv reaffirming Canada's support for Ukraine, met earlier with Tusk and President Andrzej Duda at the Presidential Palace in Warsaw.
It's Trudeau's first visit to the Polish capital since a political sea change in the country late last year ended eight years of national conservative rule.
