By Jeff Pelletier, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Nunatsiaq News An Iqaluit military base, increasing Canada\u2019s defence budget and investing in major infrastructure projects are some of the key items on the New Democratic Party\u2019s Arctic security agenda. NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh unveiled his party\u2019s defence plan Sunday morning during a press conference in Iqaluit alongside Nunavut MP Lori Idlout. \u201cWe are living in some dangerous times,\u201d Singh told reporters, pointing to U.S. President Donald Trump\u2019s levying of tariffs on Canadian imports and his threats to make Canada the 51st state. Singh\u2019s platform commits to meeting the expectation that NATO members spend two per cent of their GDP on defence. He said that under an NDP government, Canada would do that by 2032. In the current fiscal year, Canada is spending… <\/p>\n
By Jeff Pelletier, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Nunatsiaq News An Iqaluit military base, increasing Canada\u2019s defence budget and investing in major infrastructure projects are some of the key items on the New Democratic Party\u2019s Arctic security agenda. NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh unveiled his party\u2019s defence plan Sunday morning during a press conference in Iqaluit alongside Nunavut MP Lori Idlout. \u201cWe are living in some dangerous times,\u201d Singh told reporters, pointing to U.S. President Donald Trump\u2019s levying of tariffs on Canadian imports and his threats to make Canada the 51st state. Singh\u2019s platform commits to meeting the expectation that NATO members spend two per cent of their GDP on defence. He said that under an NDP government, Canada would do that by 2032. In the current fiscal year, Canada is spending... <\/p>\n