Canada has more at stake than meets the eye in the long, drawn-out geopolitical drama over Sweden’s bid to join NATO.
Sweden’s full membership in the military alliance is being blocked by Turkey and Hungary. The Nordic country is also set to play an important role in the multinational brigade that Canada is leading in Latvia.
“That’s the plan,” said Vice-Admiral Bob Auchterlonie, the Canadian military’s operations commander, in a recent year-end interview with CBC News.
The brigade is expected to be fully operational next summer. In addition to the possible participation of the Swedes, the brigade also will include a sizable contingent of Danish troops who are already
