Potential Canada-EU defence deal short on details as questions loom over feasibility of displacing U.S. links

'Geography, cultural similarities, tight defence linkages—all of those things have gone hand in glove with the defence industrial links,' says procurement expert David Perry.

Defence Minister David McGuinty recently took his first trip to Europe since taking over his new post. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

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BY NEIL MOSS

June 17, 2025

With Canada heading towards joining Europe’s defence rearmament plan, much remains up in the air about how fully it would reorient Canada’s defence co-operation away from its current reliance on the United States.

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