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Canada and Ukraine to scale up drone production

September 10, 2026 /

From the Prime Minister’s News Release:

“To accelerate Canada’s own production capabilities, Prime Minister Carney today announced the creation of the Defence Drone Initiative Marketplace (DDIM) Supply Arrangement. This national digital drone marketplace will connect operators and end-users to this Canadian defence ecosystem – accelerating the discovery, acquisition, and fielding of uncrewed and counter-uncrewed capabilities. This system, modelled after Ukraine’s world-leading Brave1, will ensure the reliable, rapid, and continuous supply of drones for the Canadian Armed Forces and the Canadian Coast Guard. Canada’s Allies and partners will have privileged access to nearly 400 trusted Canadian suppliers.

Canada has awarded initial contracts worth up to $50 million that will increase the number of drones currently deployed by the Canadian Armed Forces tenfold.

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Canada and Ukraine are deepening ties, signing of a 100-year partnership

September 10, 2026 /

Joint statement by Prime Minister Carney and President Zelenskyy:

The Prime Minister of Canada, Mark Carney, and the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, met in Calgary on September 10, 2026, and signed the 100 Year Partnership Declaration, setting out their intention to elevate the relationship between their countries into a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, and confirming their aligned nature.

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Meeting at a moment of global rupture, the leaders reaffirmed their intention to build a new order founded on trust, rooted in shared values, and underpinned by the strength and determination to uphold them. They remain determined to restore a comprehensive, just and lasting peace — one that is based on respect for Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity within its internationally recognized borders, including its territorial sea. There can be no decisions about Ukraine without Ukraine.

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Why does Trump hate Canada so much?

September 10, 2026 /

Tom Nichols, The Atlantic:

Even by the standards of Trump’s many fixations, his obsession with Canada has become not only weird but truly destructive. He has opened a giant political and economic rift with one of America’s biggest trading partners, a sister nation, and an ally in the common defence of North America and Europe. Why does Trump hate Canada so much?

We can only speculate about what goes on in the president’s head, but his actions suggest a pattern. When Trump is frustrated about something he can’t control, he lashes out at friends harder than he does enemies.

The Atlantic: Why Trump Has It Out for Canada (Archived)

NATO must plan for a future without the U.S.

September 10, 2026 /

American action is now less predictable, and its leaders are less communicative and less reliably committed to the NATO structure that has governed European security for 75 years. Even if the U.S. doesn’t ultimately fulfill the president’s threats to leave the alliance, experts say NATO needs to prepare to go it alone.

“It has been the Russian foreign policy objective for 25 years to weaken NATO,” Jeff Rathke, who serves as president of the American-German Institute in Washington, said. “That has been a Russian aspiration since the time when Vladimir Putin came to power, and the United States’ actions now bring that closer to reality.”

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RCMP sends disaster victim identification specialists to Nepal

September 10, 2026 /

Two Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) disaster victim identification specialists are in Kathmandu to assist Canadian officials already in the region in response to flash floods along the Nepal-China border.

Canada is assisting international efforts to locate survivors after devastating floods on Aug. 26 killed more than 1,100 people and left roughly 4,400 missing in the region along the Nepal-China border.

Global Affairs Canada says the agency is aware of 29 Canadians and permanent residents in Nepal and the Tibet Autonomous Region who still have not been located.

The Canadian Press: RCMP sends disaster victim identification specialists to Nepal for flood recovery

Analysts: Trump’s war is likely to drag on well past the U.S. midterm ⁠elections

September 10, 2026 /

Matt Spetalnick, Reuters:

After six months of war, the U.S. is mired in a battle of attrition punctuated by bursts of ​hostilities – exemplified by this week’s exchange of attacks on oil tankers – while Washington tries to tighten the economic noose around Tehran.

Analysts warn it is likely to drag on well past the U.S. midterm ⁠elections in November, when voters’ opposition to the war could threaten the Republican Party’s chances of keeping control of Congress.

And, much like those earlier conflicts, there is no obvious exit even as the economic costs weigh on U.S. consumers.

Reuters: Trump’s Iran campaign echoes the post-9/11 ‘forever wars’

U.S. is preparing for a long war on Iran

September 10, 2026 /

The Atlantic:

Admiral Daryl Caudle, the chief of naval operations, prepared the Roosevelt’s crew for tough times ahead and a lengthy deployment at sea, especially now that Iran’s attacks on U.S. bases in the Gulf have made getting sailors to shore much more challenging. Caudle acknowledged he couldn’t say how long the Roosevelt’s deployment would last and that it could keep being extended.

“If we know we’re going into harm’s way, we should be able to project with a little bit more fidelity how long the carrier and the strike group is going to stay on station,” Caudle said, according to USNI News. “We do these extensions in little chunks, and the families don’t see any endpoint so they can plan their own lives—that creates a lot of stress for sailors.”

The Atlantic: Trump Is Preparing for a Long War (Archived)

USNI: Navy Planning for Extended Carrier Deployments as Iran Conflict Continues

‘It may be months’ before Ottawa returns to the negotiating table

September 9, 2026 /

“In any trade negotiation, there comes a point when countries articulate their red lines and hold firm to them. Canada has reached that point in these discussions, and the conditions – in my experience, because I’m not at the table – for resuming productive and fruitful talks will require the United States to have a full understanding, appreciation and respect for those red lines.”

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New $1.4-billion RBCx Growth Fund will focus on Canada’s greatest strengths

September 9, 2026 /

Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) is launching a $1.4-billion fund aimed at investing in Canadian technology companies that the lender believes could grow into “global powerhouses.”

The country’s largest lender said the RBCx Growth Fund will focus on sectors where it believes the country’s greatest strengths lie, as a way to help Canadian entrepreneurs grow their businesses in Canada.

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Snowbirds, Trump is counting on you to crack

September 9, 2026 /

Rita Trichur, writing in the Globe and Mail:

Let’s not forget that U.S. voters gave Mr. Trump a second mandate, despite the chaos of his first presidency and his repeated warnings that he would impose new tariffs on Canada if he returned to the White House.

Mr. Trump has since said that Canadians are “nasty,” but he seems to have a soft spot for snowbirds. It’s no wonder. More than a million of them travel south for the winter each year, according to the Canadian Snowbird Association.

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