{"id":12449,"date":"2026-02-14T01:55:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-14T01:55:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/12449\/"},"modified":"2026-02-14T01:55:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-14T01:55:07","slug":"canada-signs-agreement-to-work-with-denmark-on-arctic-security","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/12449\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada signs agreement to work with Denmark on Arctic security"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A Canadian military helicopter flies along the shoreline of Baffin Island. Canada has signed an agreement with Denmark to work more closely together on matters of Arctic security and defence.Adrian Wyld\/The Canadian Press<\/p>\n

Canada signed an agreement with the Kingdom of Denmark to work more closely together on matters of Arctic security and defence, as global leaders assembled at the Munich Security Conference in Germany on Friday.<\/p>\n

The signing, done by Defence Minister David McGuinty, was one of several opportunities Mr. McGuinty took at the international conference to speak about how Canada\u2019s approach to defence is changing. And quickly.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn Canada, people have finally woken up to one fundamental factor. Our geography will no longer protect us,\u201d he said during a panel about strengthening defence industrial co-operation.<\/p>\n

The Munich Security Report, published ahead of the conference, pointedly addresses the elephant in the room, or the \u201cUnited States\u2019 evolving view of the international order,\u201d the report states.<\/p>\n

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This theme hung heavy in the air throughout many of the discussions on Friday, the first of three days during which world leaders are gathering in Munich to discuss security, trade, climate and foreign affairs, among other things. U.S. President Donald Trump is not in attendance, but a number of representatives from the country appeared on several panels throughout the day, including Michael Waltz, ambassador of the U.S. to the United Nations and Gavin Newsom, Governor of the State of California.<\/p>\n

Secretary of State Marco Rubio is scheduled to speak Saturday morning. Prime Minister Mark Carney cancelled his trip to Munich last-minute on Wednesday, after the school shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C.<\/p>\n

Canada\u2019s agreement with the Kingdom of Denmark, which includes Greenland and the Faroe Islands, highlights each countries\u2019 desire to build up their presence in their North, and their ability to defend it.<\/p>\n

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A Royal Danish Navy vessel patrols near Nuuk, Greenland, in January.Evgeniy Maloletka\/The Associated Press<\/p>\n

\u201cToday, we send a clear message: the Arctic is secure, and we will keep it that way,\u201d Mr. McGuinty said in a written statement. The agreement also encompasses collaboration on industrial co-operation, logistics support, personnel, training, exercises and education.<\/p>\n

While at the conference, Mr. McGuinty also took care to promote Canada\u2019s leading role in the multinational Defence, Security and Resilience Bank, which it\u2019s helping establish. In an interview, he said Canada is \u201cat the forefront\u201d of the bank, which will be dedicated to financing defence projects for member countries.<\/p>\n

He said he spoke with his British counterpart in Brussels on Thursday about the bank, adding that \u201cthere are a number of countries that are interested in hearing more about this.\u201d<\/p>\n

In terms of the headquarters of the bank, which several Canadian cities are currently competing over, Mr. McGuinty said it\u2019s one step at a time and there are several steps to take before then.<\/p>\n

\u201cLet\u2019s get the bank first, because the bank doesn\u2019t exist yet,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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From left: Croatia’s Defence Minister Ivan Anusic, Denmark’s Defence Minister Troels Lund Poulsen, Finland’s Defense Minister Antti Hakkanen and Canada’s Defence Minister David McGuinty at NATO headquarters in Brussels on Thursday.Geert Vanden Wijngaert\/The Associated Press<\/p>\n

Canada\u2019s defence industrial strategy, which was meant to be released prior to the conference but was delayed owing to the shooting in B.C., also came up several times during Mr. McGuinty\u2019s time on stage. While the specific content of the strategy hasn\u2019t been released, the Defence Minister said Canada will be identifying ten sovereign capabilities to prioritize within the industry and adopting a build, partner, buy framework to guide the growth of these capabilities.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat can we build? If we can\u2019t build it, with whom would we partner? And if we can\u2019t do that, where are we going to buy? What like-minded countries do we want to buy from? We\u2019re looking at a complete rebuild of the Canadian Forces, top to bottom,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Mr. Carney\u2019s presence may be missed in Munich, but his words are still making waves with the world leaders in attendance. By far the most enthusiastic response Mr. McGuinty received during the evening panel he took part in came when he brought up the Prime Minister\u2019s speech from Davos, Switzerland, a few weeks ago. Speaking on stage beside politicians from Australia, France and the U.S., Mr. McGuinty reinforced the Prime Minister\u2019s messaging that middle powers need to stick together.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe depth of research, engineering, AI, quantum and cryptography in countries represented in this Munich conference is unbelievable,\u201d he said. \u201cWhat we need to do is come together and mobilize.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Open this photo in gallery: A Canadian military helicopter flies along the shoreline of Baffin Island. Canada has…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12450,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2],"tags":[27,26,9591],"class_list":["post-12449","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-denmark","tag-danmark","tag-denmark","tag-ne-i"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12449","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12449"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12449\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12450"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12449"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}