Defence Minister Bill Blair said Wednesday that U.S. President Donald Trump's talk of turning Canada into the 51st state is ...
The demand further ramps up pressure on allies like Canada, which has long missed the spending target and doesn't plan to meet it for another seven years.
Trump has repeatedly said he wants the U.S. to take over Canada, the Panama Canal, Greenland and the Gaza Strip.
"Canadians will always stand up for our nation, our country,” Bill Blair said Wednesday in Brussels. “We're prepared to defend ourselves as required." ...
More Canadians have expressed an interest in joining the military since U.S. President Donald Trump took office on Jan. 20 — ...
Defense Minister Bill Blair said on Wednesday that while President Donald Trump’s 51st state threats are “offensive,” he does not believe Canada is “sincerely threatened.” Blair was ...