MPs, Senators need a voice on Trump’s Golden Dome

A wildly expensive project that makes Canada more reliable on the currently unreliable U.S. administration requires parliamentary scrutiny.

It is likely that Prime Minister Mark Carney, right, is one of just a few people in Canada's Parliament who know anything about U.S. President Donald's Trump's proposed Golden Dome missile defence system. That needs to change.Photograph courtesy of the White House/Daniel Torok

Opinion

BY EDITORIAL

October 27, 2025

If Canada did invest in United States President Donald Trump’s proposed Golden Dome missile defence system, what would this country’s role be? Would the Canadian government have the power to make decisions regarding the dome? Would the Armed Forces be directly involved, ...

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