At the 2025 NATO leaders’ summit, Prime Minister Mark Carney pledged that Canada would boost core defence spending to 3.5 per cent of GDP within 10 years.

Sebastian Halmagean, a gunner from Hamilton, Ontario, died in Latvia.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Thursday called Türkiye a key NATO ally for Canada and said the two countries have strong potential to

The Parliamentary Budget Office estimates the federal Defence Department budget will have to increase by $33.5 billion annually in order for Canada to meet NATO's revised defence spending targets. The watchdog also estimates that the higher defence spending could lead to substantially higher federal deficits.

Canada will raise concerns about NATO’s approach to Arctic threats at a meeting in Brussels on Wednesday, Foreign Minister Anita Anand said. “We see infrastructure moving further and further north and the geopolitical environment becoming more and more ...

OTTAWA, ON, Feb. 5, 2026 /CNW/ - Luxembourg is a major financial hub, a NATO Ally, and one of the largest sources of foreign direct investment in Canada. To deepen these ties, today, the Prime Minister, Mark Carney, announced that Canada will welcome the Prime Minister of Luxembourg, Luc Frieden, to Ottawa, Ontario, from February 7 to 9, 2026.

There are some areas where Canada has real leverage. It has rare-earth minerals that the U.S. covets. Cars produced in Michigan and Ohio rely on Canadian parts. It’s by far the largest foreign supplier of energy to the U.S. These exports are made possible by physical infrastructure — pipelines, grids, power lines — that are hard to replace quickly.

Feb 5 (Reuters) - Toronto-Dominion Bank said on Thursday it would support the establishment of a global defence bank, becoming the latest major Canadian lender to throw its weight behind the proposal.