The Trudeau government’s announcement of $500 million in military aid for Ukraine in the budget may finally unblock a bureaucratic logjam that has seen Canada’s words of support far outpace its actions.
Ottawa is understood to be in the final stages of naming a supplier of armoured personnel carriers to send to Ukraine, with Mississauga, Ont.-based Roshel expected to win the initial contract with its Senator APC armoured vehicle. Roshel was founded by Roman Shimonov, a board member of the Canada-Ukraine Chamber of Commerce, a decade ago.
