Mark Carney has vowed to ramp up military spending by £17billion to guard against ‘America’s threats to our very sovereignty’ if he wins next week’s Canadian general election.
The Prime Minister said his nation needed to ‘prepare’ for the coming years after US President Donald Trump made a series of threats to annex Canada.
Carney, who became Prime Minister last month following the resignation of Justin Trudeau, looks set to win a majority amid a war of words with the US, according to the latest polls.
His Liberal Party have enjoyed a significant uptick in support since Trump vowed to make Canada the 51st American state and imposed tariffs.
Unlike other leaders of major nations, Carney has pushed back on Trump’s thetoric, blaming the 47th President for a breakdown in US-Canada relations.
Releasing the Liberal Party manifesto, the Prime Minister’s tough stance on defending Canadian autonomy appeared to continue.
‘In this crisis we have to prepare for America’s threats to our very sovereignty,’ he said in a speech in Ontario.
‘They want our land, our resources, they want our water, they want our country.
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