Canada has a promising new approach to defence procurement that meets the moment. Together, Bill C-31 and Budget 2026 are an opportunity for the country to align the operating systems beneath that strategy to ensure the emerging industrial base is truly sovereign and homegrown.
The next era of Canadian airpower will be defined by how effectively a network of systems can work together to improve the capabilities and effectiveness of human operators.
The missing piece has been a policy and advocacy framework designed explicitly to help Canadian-owned firms scale into major contractors and system integrators.