Canada’s high-tech defence imperative

The government will have to wrestle with the core challenge of managing ‘dual-use’ technologies for increased spending to make the most meaningful impact.

If Canada is to meet ambitious defence spending goals while also supercharging its technology sectors, it needs civil-military synergy, write Michael P.A. Murphy, Tracey Forrest, and Paul Samson.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY MICHAEL P.A. MURPHY, TRACEY FORREST, PAUL SAMSON

May 28, 2025

The recently elected Carney government faces a fraught global security environment, and an unprecedented multiparty consensus to spend more on defence. One notable defence spending proposal in the Liberal platform was the launch of a Bureau of Research, Engineering and Advan...

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