During the Liberal Party’s national convention in Montreal, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney announced a significant shift in defense spending policy, stating that Canada will no longer send 70% of its defense budget to the United States. Carney emphasized the importance of boosting domestic production and creating jobs by prioritizing Canadian suppliers, declaring, “We are going to build Canada strong with Canadian steel, Canadian aluminium, Canadian lumber, Canadian workers.” The government aims to enhance economic sovereignty and national unity while addressing rising trade tensions with the US, particularly tariffs imposed under former President Donald Trump. The new defense strategy includes ambitious goals such as increasing defense industry revenues by over 240%, boosting defense exports by 50%, and creating up to 125,000 jobs. Additionally, Canada plans to meet NATO’s defense spending target of 2% by the 2025-26 fiscal year, ahead of previous timelines, and significantly increase investment in defense research and development by 85%.