Canada finally showed up at NATO. Now comes the hard part

The Carney government must produce a long-term roadmap thats sets the course not only for the rest of the current mandate, but also for the decade to come.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, left, Prime Minister Mark Carney, NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Photograph courtesy of NATO/Flickr

Opinion

BY JOSIE SABATINO

July 15, 2026

OTTAWA—Prime Minister Mark Carney kicked off last week’s NATO summit on the heels of announcing the largest defence procurement in Canadian history. The decision to downselect Thyssenkrupp Marine Systems to build up to 12 submarines was made in record time, and will serv...

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