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Canada Gives U.S. Arms Makers the Cold Shoulder on Military Spending

Canada Recycles to save on military expenditures – The Sherman Air Superiority Ground Attack Tank Thingy

The Canadian government, faced with increasing hostility from the Trump administration, plans to divert billions of dollars in military spending it long gave to U.S. defense companies and direct it instead to domestic manufacturers.

Prime Minister Mark Carney’s wholesale expansion of Canadian military spending was prompted by pressure from President Trump, but with relations between the longstanding allies deteriorating, American companies will no longer reap the benefit.

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