Prime Minister Mark Carney has released Canada’s first Defence Industrial Strategy backed by a 'Build. Buy. Partner' framework and an investment of $6.6 billion dollars. It promises to prioritize building military equipment at home, increase defence contracts granted to Canadian firms and create up to 125,000 new jobs over the next decade.
Aiming to make Canada more self-reliant and lessen dependent on the United States, Carney said, the goal is to increase the share of domestic defence procurement from roughly one-third of Canada’s needs to around 70 per cent and to boost Canada’s defence exports by 50 per cent over the next decade.
CIGI experts are available for commentary and analysis on the strategy and whether the plan is well-positioned to protect Canada's sovereignty.
Wesley Wark is an expert on national security and intelligence issues as well as a senior fellow at the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI). He has appeared on numerous occasions before parliamentary committees and comments regularly for the media on national security issues.
Aaron Shull is research director of digitalization, security and democracy at CIGI. He is recognized as a leading expert on complex issues at the intersection of public policy, emerging technology, cybersecurity, privacy and data protection, and democratic resilience.
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