Defence Minister David McGuinty touted Canada’s plan to rebuild its military and accelerate defence spending during his first official bilateral meeting with U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth in Washington, D.C.
McGuinty met with Hegseth at the Pentagon in Washington on Sept. 22 to discuss the Canada-U.S. defence relationship and military cooperation, noting the two countries share responsibility for defending North America through the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD).
“Our two countries today, I think, Secretary, face serious evolving threats, aggressive state actors, global instability, cyber-attacks, the harsh impacts of natural security challenges like climate change,” McGuinty told Hegseth….