Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is promising to greater than double the dimensions of Canada’s contribution to a NATO mission in Latvia, committing $2.6 billion in funding over three years and as much as 2,200 Canadian troops for persistent deployment.
About 800 Canadian Armed Forces members are already a part of the Canada-led battle group within the Baltic nation, making it the nation’s largest abroad mission.
Trudeau can also be asserting that Canada will procure and pre-position important weapon methods, and is able to deploy further surge personnel for allied disaster response, co-operative safety and collective defence.
Defence Minister Anita Anand lately introduced {that a} Leopard 2 tank squadron with 15 tanks and round 130 personnel could be becoming a member of the mission beginning this fall.
It’s all a part of the NATO army alliance’s efforts to extend its presence close to Russia in response to that nation’s ongoing assault on Ukraine.
The alliance has doubled the variety of battle teams within the area for the reason that struggle started, and has plans to extend the dimensions and scope of a few of them to be combat-ready brigades.
