{"id":1233,"date":"2026-04-12T14:10:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T14:10:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/1233\/"},"modified":"2026-04-12T14:10:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T14:10:14","slug":"carney-says-era-of-sending-70-cents-of-every-dollar-to-u-s-military-is-over","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/1233\/","title":{"rendered":"Carney says era of sending \u201c70 cents of every dollar\u201d to U.S. military is over"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Mark-Carney-new-PM-of-Canada-880x385.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-159913 lazyload\" style=\"aspect-ratio:2.2857664677949594;width:1068px;height:auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Mark Carney declared at the Liberal Party convention in Montreal that Canada will no longer channel the majority of its defence spending toward the United States, signaling a major policy shift.<\/p>\n<p>Carney\u2019s speech, widely circulated across social media and met with a standing ovation, emphasized economic sovereignty and national unity as core pillars of Canada\u2019s evolving defence and industrial strategy. Carney says era of sending \u201c70 cents of every dollar\u201d to U.S. military is over.<\/p>\n<p>He stressed that Canada\u2019s future growth would rely on domestic strength, highlighting Canadian steel, aluminum, timber, and workers as central to building a more self-reliant and resilient national economy.<\/p>\n<p>The prime minister outlined a \u201cBuy Canadian\u201d policy aimed at increasing the share of domestic firms in defence contracts to 70 percent, marking a significant push to localize production.<\/p>\n<p>Carney also pledged to double Canada\u2019s non-U.S. exports over the next decade, reflecting a broader effort to diversify trade partnerships and reduce economic dependence on Washington.<\/p>\n<p>Tensions between Canada and the United States have grown in recent years, particularly during the administration of Donald Trump, whose tariffs targeted key Canadian industries.<\/p>\n<p>Canada\u2019s defence sector has historically been closely tied to the U.S., with significant spending flowing south, prompting long-standing debates over sovereignty and economic independence.<\/p>\n<p>Carney\u2019s strategy signals a decisive pivot toward domestic industrial strength and diversified global partnerships, as Ottawa seeks to safeguard its economy and assert greater independence in defence policy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mark Carney declared at the Liberal Party convention in Montreal that Canada will no longer channel the majority&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1234,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[98],"tags":[893,111,894,895,896,897,898,899],"class_list":{"0":"post-1233","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mark-carney","8":"tag-international-community","9":"tag-mark-carney","10":"tag-mark-carney-declared-at-the-liberal-party-convention-in-montreal-that-canada-will-no-longer-channel-the-majority-of-its-defence-spending-toward-the-united-states","11":"tag-pakistan-and-iran","12":"tag-refugees","13":"tag-security","14":"tag-signaling-a-major-policy-shift","15":"tag-taliban-regime"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1233","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1233"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1233\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1234"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1233"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1233"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1233"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}