Canada's omission from a military pact involving three of its closest allies is symptomatic of a larger problem in how this country is perceived by its friends, experts are warning, as the U.S., Britain and Australia move ahead on their deal.
U.S. President Joe Biden, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Australian leader Anthony Albanese were at a naval base in San Diego on Monday to confirm the next steps of the trilateral agreement, known as "AUKUS" after the three countries involved.
Those include a senior Canadian Armed Forces commander, Vice-Admiral Bob Auchterlonie, who worried in a recent interview with The Canadian Press about Canada not having to the same cutting-edge technology as three of its closest allies. "Because of the pace of events that are unfolding in the Indo-Pacific area, our partners are moving on with essentially a clear direction in mind," said Canadian Forces College professor Paul Mitchell, an expert on naval strategy and U.S. defence policy.
That compares to the U.S., where Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin in a defence strategy released earlier this month described "an increasingly aggressive China" as a "generational challenge" and the American military's top priority. This reflects not only Australia's more realistic and innovative approach to diplomacy, Mulroney said, it is also the product of Canberra's willingness to invest the necessary resources in making such a partnership become reality.
Defence analyst David Perry of the Canadian Global Affairs Institute noted the U.S., Britain and Australia are all spending two or more per cent of their national gross domestic product on defence, compared to less than 1.3 per cent in Canada.
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