14 days ago
CP24
Lee Berthiaume, The Canadian PressOTTAWA - Pressure is building for Canada to send some of its Leopard 2 battle tanks to Ukraine after Germany decided to provide the heavy weapons and allow other countries to do the same. Scholz's announcement came shortly before U.S. President Joe Biden revealed plans to send 31 M1 Abrams tanks to Ukraine, opening a potential floodgate following weeks of pleas by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Yet while Poland has already promised to send Leopards if Germany agreed, and other European nations such as Finland and Spain have indicated a willingness to do the same, Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was more circumspect on Wednesday. We are not.”Canada bought its Leopards from Germany during the war in Afghanistan. “If we deem that we want to retain that capability that tanks give us in terms of a modern, battle-capable army, we need tanks,” he said.
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