Indigenous businesses can build a role in Canada’s defence supply chains

As the Carney government increases defence spending and rolls out its ambitious Defence Industrial Strategy, it's making decisions that will shape Canada’s defence capacity for decades. Yet, there is still no clear plan to ensure Indigenous firms are part of the sovereign supply chain being built.
A view from the cockpit of a CC-177 Globemaster (701) from 429 Transport Squadron at 8 Wing/Canadian Forces Base Trenton shows the terrain below while en route to Canadian Forces Station Alert during BOXTOP 25-II on Nov. 5, 2025.

On Ellesmere Island, just 800 kilometres from the North Pole, a majority Inuit-owned company maintains the northernmost permanently inhabited military station on the planet. In a place where temperatures reach -70 C, the Inuit firm manages 90 buildings, power plants, landfil...

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