'It's going to mean that everybody in the army is going to be going to Latvia every couple of years - and we already have people who have done two or three tours in Latvia,' he said. 'Almost a dozen countries from across NATO are co-operating, training and working alongside each other and learning valuable lessons from each other that make our collective defence stronger.'Ĭarleton University professor Stephen Saideman said Canada has just enough troops to ramp up the mission in Latvia, in part because Ottawa is not sending soldiers in large numbers to other places such as Haiti. 'This is the way forward in modern defence,' he said. Trudeau, who also met with Latvian President Edgars Rinkevics earlier in the day, said the additional personnel will reinforce and enhance Canadian land, maritime and air capabilities and support special operations in central and eastern Europe. Capital Dispatch: Sign up for in-depth political coverage of Parliament Hill.Complete coverage of the war in Ukraine.The base is a mix of permanent buildings, temporary shelters, tents and shipping containers. He noted that the plans to grow Canada's presence at Ādaži will exceed its current capacity, which is already strained. Trudeau held a joint press conference with Latvian Prime Minister Krisjanis Karins at the Ādaži military base outside Riga on Monday, where he also greeted some of the 800 Canadian Armed Forces members currently deployed to the mission. 'By 2026, Canada will complete the full implementation of persistently deployed brigade capabilities to Latvia,' the document says. It states that brigade buildup will be completed in 2025, and that Latvia will work to build new infrastructure. The document sets out three phases for the work, which will eventually involve as many as 2,200 persistently deployed Canadian troops plus the ability to add hundreds of additional Armed Forces members as needed. It began more than a year ago, when Canada pledged to increase the size and capability of the battle group as part of NATO's efforts to reinforce its eastern flank and respond to Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The two countries have signed a 'road map' outlining the process.

It will take another three years for Canada to make good on its commitment to grow a multinational NATO battle group in Latvia to a combat-ready brigade, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau revealed Monday.

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