Marching together: after many years of keeping a distance between Canadian and U.S. defence relations, the government of Prime Minister Stephen Harper is moving towards closer cooperation.
Canada and the World Backgrounder, May, 2006
Paul Cellucci was the U.S. Ambassador to Canada from 2001 to 2005. Ambassadors are not supposed to ruffle the feathers of their host nation. But, Mr. Cellucci appears not to have read that part of the diplomat's training manual. He was often blunt and undiplomatic.
One of his favourite topics was criticism of Canada for its meager defence spending. Canadians got very hot under the collar about being told they should spend more on their armed forces; perhaps because there was more than a grain of truth in what Mr. Cellucci was saying?
Whether because of the ambassador's goading or not, Canada did increase its defence spending. The government of Prime Minister Paul Martin put another $13 billion into the armed forces' bank account in the 2005 budget. Mr....
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