Canada has allocated more than $ 1 billion in service for Ukraine
) For five years for lethal and non -lethal military assistance to Ukraine," the federal budget's project reads the next financial year, which begins on April 1. In general, the Government of Canada plans to increase military expenditures to 1. 76% of the state's GDP. This will be gradually by 2030, in particular, it is planned to spend $ 8. 1 billion over the next five years and $ 73 billion by 2044. Another $ 350 million Canada will spend on large -scale humanitarian crises over the next two years.
The speaker of the US House of Representatives, Mike Johnson, has presented four different draft laws on military assistance to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan at a closed meeting of the Republican Party. Johnson stated that the text of the laws will be published on Tuesday, and it will follow the rules of the House of Representatives, which allows legislators to study the laws within 72 hours before they are asked to vote for them.
At the same time, at the time of publication of news on Wednesday, April 17, the text was never made public. At the same time, on the night of April 17, The Wall Street Journal reported that Republican Thomas Massi demanded the resignation of his one -party speaker of the US House of Representatives Mike Johnson because of his bill. Massi himself is a sharp critic of further assistance to Ukraine.
WSJ noted that the speaker of the House of Representatives has encountered the greatest challenge to his leadership from the moment of entry into the post of last fall. More and more Republicans indicate that they were disappointed in his leadership. The deputies expressed concern about his proposal to adopt four separate draft laws, unite them and transfer them to the Senate. Johnson himself said he would not resign.
"In my opinion, this is an absurd idea that someone can make a resignation offer when we just try to do our work. We need solid hands at the helm. I consider ourselves a speaker of wartime," Johnson said. We will remind, on April 15, the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine reported that Ukraine will receive military assistance from Lithuania, Germany, the Netherlands and Canada. In particular, Canada will start the transfer of 450 multi -purpose Skyranger BPaks in the summer.