US may use intelligence sharing to pressure Canada over low defense spending, ex-adviser warns.

Former Canadian intelligence adviser Vincent Rigby warns that the US may use intelligence sharing as leverage in discussions about Canada's defense spending. Canada currently spends 1.37% of its GDP on defense, below the NATO target of 2%. Rigby fears the Trump administration could use this as a bargaining tool, given Canada's reliance on the Five Eyes intelligence alliance for security information.

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