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“Canada, you are freeloading!” That’s how businessman and former Canadian soldier Lawrence (Larry) Stevenson interprets last week’s letter from 23 U.S. Democratic and Republican senators to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. The American lawmakers urged Canada to uphold its NATO commitments, and speed up efforts to increase defence spending to two per cent of GDP.

Canadian business titan Larry Stevenson is a former soldier who knows what's wrong with the Canadian Armed Forces. It's not the personnel.{ai:summary}<p>Donna Kennedy-Glans interviews Lawrence Stevenson on Canadian military spending and NATO commitments. Stevenson criticizes Canada for not meeting defence spending targets set by American lawmakers. #military</p>

Canada now 'a little bit of a laughingstock in NATO'

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