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The Golden Dome is where Canada's F-35 debate and Trump's Greenland threat meet

January 31, 2026

Two of the loudest and most important defence policy issues facing Canada have a common — often unrealized — thread, say experts. Both the F-35 and the U.S. threats to annex Greenland are connected over the Trump administration's plan to build its Golden Dome missile defence system.



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