Overview
- Prime Minister Mark Carney announced on Thursday that Canada will commit C$350 million to buy air‑defence interceptor missiles for Ukraine through the US‑led JUMPSTART procurement mechanism.
- Ottawa launched the Defence Drone Initiative Marketplace, qualifying nearly 400 suppliers and revealing up to C$50 million in initial contracts while selecting six systems for first orders to expand Canada's drone inventory.
- Leaders signed a Ukraine‑Canada 100‑Year Partnership and a Joint Defence Declaration that formally begins negotiations on a Drone Deal that Kyiv hopes to finalise at the UN General Assembly in New York.
- Canada said it is preparing an ‘anti‑ballistic’ sanctions package aimed at constraining Russian missile production and signalled readiness to contribute technology to Europe’s FREYJA anti‑ballistic program, with timing of measures still under development.
- The Calgary announcements also bundled loans, concessional finance and a veterans fund for Ukraine—including EBRD loan guarantees and Export Development Canada support—and were described by Ukrainian officials as part of a package exceeding $2 billion in total commitments.