Canada playing bystander role in debate on NATO’s future

Limited and decreasing American military capabilities in east Asia creates the strong possibility the United States would seek NATO support and assistance in that fermenting area. The recent transit by a Canadian naval ship through the Taiwan Straight suggests Ottawa is blindly backing American policy for the region.

National Defence Minister Anita Anand, pictured Oct. 26 when she was named to the new post. In 2007, a senior American official said 'everything is NATO’s area.' That view is not shared by many of the alliance's European members and it is not clear whether it is one that is shared or even understood in Ottawa, writes Gar Pardy.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY GAR PARDY

November 24, 2021

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