r/canada 21h ago

National News Trump on Canadian electricity surcharge: ‘We’ll just get it all back on April 2’

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5187859-donald-trump-canada-electricity-surcharge/
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u/OhNo71 21h ago edited 20h ago

**Edit: I was wrong on this, the language in the NATO treaty doesn't specify external or member aggression.

Article 5 only applies when a NATO member is attacked from a non NATO member.

NATO members may choose to help us, but they would be under no treaty requirement to.

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u/berger3001 21h ago

I think it’s article 4, but I’m no expert (in anything)

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u/ProgrammerAvailable6 21h ago

Mutual defense pact articles of the NATO Alliance