Canada Commits to Purchase of New Submarines at NATO Summit

Canada Commits to Purchase of New Submarines at NATO Summit
National Defence Minister Bill Blair rises during question period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on March 18, 2024. The Canadian Press/Sean Kilpatrick
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Ottawa is taking its “first steps” to ramp up its Arctic defence with the purchase of up to 12 conventionally powered, under-ice capable submarines, the federal government has announced.

Canada has begun the process of meeting with manufacturers in its bid to acquire a larger, more modernized submarine fleet, the defence ministry said July 10 from the NATO Summit in Washington, D.C.