Canada to send anti-tank weapons, ammunition to Ukraine as critics accuse Ottawa of delays to lethal aid

Conservative and Bloc MPs at the House Foreign Affairs Committee questioned why Canada was ‘hesitating’ in sending lethal aid to Ukraine hours before the prime minister publicly announced that the federal government will send anti-tank weapons systems and upgraded ammunition.

Defence Minister Anita Anand says Canada is working to deliver shipments of anti-tank weapon systems and 2,000 rockets as quickly as possible. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN

March 1, 2022

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada will send anti-tank weapons systems and upgraded ammunition to Ukraine to help the country continue its "heroic defence" against a well-armed Russian military. During the aftern...

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