Liberal (Minority/Majority) Government 2025 - ???

[Czech_pivo]

EU Parliament passed the final vote, it's official now.

Canada joining SAFE defence borrowing pact will help firms compete: Anand

The European Parliament has formally welcomed Canada into the SAFE defence borrowing agreement, something Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand says is an important step for the country.

www.ctvnews.ca

And then what?

What are the 3 possible large contracts that could from this?

 

[The Bread Guy]

Bit of buyers remorse maybe?

Federal officials on the defensive as momentum grows against lawful access bill

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/federal-officials-on-the-defensive-as-momentum-grows-against-lawful-access-bill-9.7206179

Either the deputy director of policy and strategic partnerships at CSIS somehow doesn't know Canada already has a lawful access regime or they're ripping a page out of the firearms ban book and hoping Canadians don't fact check.

What a difference the choice of noun and lack of an adjective can make

 

[PPCLI Guy]

And then what?

What are the 3 possible large contracts that could from this?

This is significant. Canada is the only country outside of the EU (including the UK) that was invited to join SAFE.

Prime Minister Carney secures Canada’s participation in the European Union’s SAFE initiative

As EU countries strengthen their defence capabilities through SAFE, Canadian participation will give our defence industry expanded access to the European market, attract new reliable suppliers for the Canadian Armed Forces, and catalyse massive private investment in Canada – creating...

www.pm.gc.ca

This gains Canadian defence manufacturers easier access to European markets. The sad truth is that both investors and the CAF prefer dealing with companies that already have products on the market. This market access tool will build the Defence Industrial Base that the CAF needs for resilience, readiness, and rapid procure / deploy.

Not every move is designed for a quick win...especially if you have severely atrophied the industrial infrastructure over the last 50 years.

 

[Czech_pivo]

This is significant. Canada is the only country outside of the EU (including the UK) that was invited to join SAFE.

Prime Minister Carney secures Canada’s participation in the European Union’s SAFE initiative

As EU countries strengthen their defence capabilities through SAFE, Canadian participation will give our defence industry expanded access to the European market, attract new reliable suppliers for the Canadian Armed Forces, and catalyse massive private investment in Canada – creating...

www.pm.gc.ca

This gains Canadian defence manufacturers easier access to European markets. The sad truth is that both investors and the CAF prefer dealing with companies that already have products on the market. This market access tool will build the Defence Industrial Base that the CAF needs for resilience, readiness, and rapid procure / deploy.

Not every move is designed for a quick win...especially if you have severely atrophied the industrial infrastructure over the last 50 years.

Thanks for that more in depth explanation. Let's hope that we are able to execute on it going forward.

 

[YZT580]

This is significant. Canada is the only country outside of the EU (including the UK) that was invited to join SAFE.

Prime Minister Carney secures Canada’s participation in the European Union’s SAFE initiative

As EU countries strengthen their defence capabilities through SAFE, Canadian participation will give our defence industry expanded access to the European market, attract new reliable suppliers for the Canadian Armed Forces, and catalyse massive private investment in Canada – creating...

www.pm.gc.ca

This gains Canadian defence manufacturers easier access to European markets. The sad truth is that both investors and the CAF prefer dealing with companies that already have products on the market. This market access tool will build the Defence Industrial Base that the CAF needs for resilience, readiness, and rapid procure / deploy.

Not every move is designed for a quick win...especially if you have severely atrophied the industrial infrastructure over the last 50 years.

now how quickly can we spin up munitions manufacturing. Everyone seems to be jumping on the drone bandwagon so munitions systems would seem to be the way to go.

 

[MilEME09]

now how quickly can we spin up munitions manufacturing. Everyone seems to be jumping on the drone bandwagon so munitions systems would seem to be the way to go.

I believe the new announced facilities are supposed to be online in 2029

 

[Navy_Pete]

now how quickly can we spin up munitions manufacturing. Everyone seems to be jumping on the drone bandwagon so munitions systems would seem to be the way to go.

Aside from that kind of thing, there are lots of Canadian products that other nations might use for their own platforms; the RCN has some unique comms and platform control systems that are already exported (the new QE carrier IPMS is essentially the CPF one with a facelift), and lots of things like chip detect technology for the POL systems and other unsexy but critical things that can easily be used.

Bit more distributed, but supplying hundreds of components from dozens of companies is a lot easier to manage then trying to muscle in on full weapon platform replacements, especially when a lot of other countries have existing policies of buying from domestic where they can, and also a lot easier to make dual use products for a general wider market.

Having big defence suppliers is nice, but sometimes having a slice of a much larger pie actually supports more jobs and brings in more to the economy then being big fish in a small pond.