‘Geography, cultural similarities, tight defence linkages—all of those things have gone hand in glove with the defence industrial links,’ says procurement expert David Perry.
With Canada heading towards joining Europe’s defence rearmament plan, much remains up in the air about how fully it would reorient Canada’s defence co-operation away from its current reliance on the United States.
The May 27 Throne Speech noted that Ottawa would “boost Canada’s defence industry by joining ReArm Europe, to invest in transatlantic security with Canada’s European partners.”
ReArm Europe is a European Commission project to have the bloc spend $1.25-trillion on defence over the next five years.
