Canada can do better than more defence dollars and the Golden Dome

The government could adopt and promote a broader common security framework for national and international defence.

U.S. President Donald Trump’s ‘Golden Dome’ missile defence system which will accelerate the arms race, lead to the weaponization of space, and increase the risk of nuclear war, writes Earl Turcotte. White House photograph by Joyce N. Boghosian

Opinion

BY EARL TURCOTTE

February 11, 2026

Since assuming office, Prime Minister Mark Carney has made two of the most potentially consequential and profoundly disturbing announcements ever made by a Canadian prime minister—both with little or no consultation, nor evidence of the support of the Canadian electorate. ...

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