Missile defence and the ‘Golden Dome’

The Carney Government needs to take a long view of continental defence to protect Canada and our vital national interests.

Defence Minister David McGuinty said Canada is in discussions with the U.S. about the need for an air defence shield over North America, during a a Canada-U.S. conference in Toronto on Oct. 8.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY DAVID PRATT

November 24, 2025

In March of 1983, then-United States president Ronald Reagan announced the Strategic Defence Initiative. The plan was to incorporate the first ever space-based defence systems to protect against Soviet nuclear armed intercontinental ballistic missiles. It became known and su...

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