Chrystia Freeland’s budgetary coup

There will be blowback to this military build-up. Young people played a major role in electing Sunny Ways Trudeau, and they have the political clout and passion to put him on notice that this is a deal-breaker. Let’s hope they use it.
Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan and Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland, pictured in file photos on the Hill.
POWELL RIVER, B.C.—The arrogance of power could scarcely be more dramatically demonstrated than by the tag team of Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland and Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan announcing that Canada was going to cave in to Donald Trump’s demand that we spend two per cent of GDP ...

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