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Trudeau defends Canada’s defence spending as Poland urges West to step up

‘It is a time where citizens cannot take their democracies for granted’
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Poland’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk, left, and President Andrzej Duda attend a meeting of the Cabinet Council, a consultation format between the president and the government in Warsaw, Poland on Tuesday Feb. 13, 2024. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is visiting Presidential Palace in Warsaw for the first time since a political sea change in Poland ended eight years of national conservative rule. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Czarek Sokolowski

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau defended Canada’s defence spending Monday as Polish counterpart Donald Tusk urged the rest of the West to confront the very real dangers now posed by Vladimir Putin’s Russia.

There is still more to do, but Canada is doing it, Trudeau said during a joint news conference alongside Tusk, who now finds himself back in his old post as Poland’s prime minister.

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