Defence Industrial Strategy’s Build-Partner-Buy should be a spectrum, not a sequence

Buying a proven platform does not have to mean surrendering industrial ambition. In some cases, it can be the beginning of it.

Prime Minister Carney launched Canada’s first Defence Industrial Strategy on Feb. 17, 2026.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY ANDREW ERSKINE, ALEXANDER LANDRY

May 25, 2026

Canada’s Defence Industrial Strategy has initiated a conversation we likely should have had years ago: how does this c...

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