Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said the federal government will continue building the Canadian military in response to “persistent threats” from “authoritarian states.” Trudeau stated at a press conference that the world changed “when Russia chose to invade a peaceful neighbour.”
From The Epoch Times:
The federal government announced on Jan. 9 that Canada would be investing $19 billion over the next nine years to purchase 88 Lockheed-Martin F-35 fighter jets to replace its outdated fleet of CF-18 Hornets, making it the largest investment Canada has made in its air force in 30 years. ... The prime minister added earlier in the press conference that there will be a certain focus on the Indo-Pacific region due to “the rise of increasingly contesting authoritarian powers, whether it be Russia on the one hand or China,” which he acknowledged Canada called an “increasingly disruptive global power” in its Indo-Pacific strategy released in November 2022.
