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Stephen Fuhr on Building Canada’s Defence Future Canada’s Secretary of State for Defence Procurement outlines how the new Defence Industrial Strategy will build sovereign capability and position Canada's defence landscape for long-term growth. How is Canada’s new Defence Industrial Strategy (DIS) designed to strengthen Canada’s national security and sovereignty?
How should Canada be thinking about building and retaining the workforce required for long-term defence resilience?
Canada's security depends on our ability to develop and sustain core defence capabilities within our own borders. The DIS identifies sovereign capabilities where Canada must develop expertise to maintain strategic autonomy and reduce dependencies. Along with the new Build Partner Buy framework, the DIS will grow Canada's defence industrial base, drive innovation, and create more resilient supply chains.
To build a robust defence workforce for the future, the DIS is advancing a Defence Skills Agenda focused on strengthening industry talent pipelines, investing in urgent skills needs, expanding the skilled labour supply. By giving industry clearer demand signals through procurement and prioritizing Canadian capabilities, we will provide the predictability companies need to scale-up and create 125,000 good paying jobs.
How will the DIS and DIA better enable Canadian companies to compete, scale, and contribute more effectively to our defence ecosystem? Canadian industry, and especially small medium sized enterprises have historically struggled to navigate the fragmented procurement system. The Defence Investment Agency is cutting red tape, streamlining processes, and resetting the government’s relationship with industry. With new capital pathways including $4 billion through the Business Development Bank and $357.7 million under the Regional Defence Investment Initiative, Canadian companies will be better positioned to scale, innovate, and compete globally.
As the Defence Investment Agency continues to evolve, what is its direction and mandate moving forward and how will it support Canada’s broader defence priorities? The Defence Investment Agency will serve as the key enabler for achieving the targets outlined in the DIS. By applying the new Build Partner Buy framework to increase the share of contracts awarded to Canadian companies to 70 per cent and boosting defence exports by 50 per cent, the DIA will help ensure that defence procurement becomes a permanent pillar of Canada’s economic growth.
Canada's security depends on our ability to develop and sustain core defence capabilities within our own borders.
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Stephen Fuhr Secretary of State for Defence Procurement
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