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Publication Date: February 17, 2026 - 08:50
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Carney to announce Canada’s defence industrial strategy
February 17, 2026
The $6.6-billion plan promises to prioritize building military equipment at home, hike the share of defence contracts awarded to Canadian firms and add up to 125,000 new jobs.
A Nova Scotian book publisher says the provincial government’s cuts are “soul-crushing” when sales have already been decimated by uncertainty in the U.S. market.
February 26, 2026 - 13:01 | Globalnews Digital | Global News - Canada
February 26, 2026 - 12:56 | Laura Stone | The Globe and Mail
OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre said trade with China is no substitute for trade with the United States and Canada should build on its leverage to secure a tariff-free trade deal with our neighbour to the south.
“Canada’s prosperity and security are inseparable from a stable relationship with the United States,” said Poilievre, during a speech at the Economic Club of Canada in Toronto on Thursday.
“That is why we should not declare a permanent rupture from our biggest customer and closest neighbour in favour of a strategic partnership for a new world order with Beijing...
February 26, 2026 - 12:54 | Jordan Gowling | National Post





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