Alberta a key partner in Canada’s defence shift – The Hill Times

Alberta a key partner in Canada’s defence shift – The Hill Times

Alberta a key partner in Canada’s defence shift – The Hill Times

https://www.hilltimes.com/2026/05/15/alberta-a-key-partner-in-canadas-defence-shift/504359/

Publish Date: 2026-05-15 14:01:00

If Ottawa meaningfully partners with Alberta’s growing aerospace and defence sector, and Canada’s other defence innovation hubs, it will go a long way to making the new industrial strategy a success.

Alberta a key partner in Canada’s defence shift – The Hill Times Secretary of State for Defence Procurement Stephen Fuhr, pictured, and the Defence Investment Agency CEO Doug Guzman have a monumental task in front of them, writes Martin Green.

I had the privilege to attend Chatham House rules dinners in Edmonton and Calgary recently with diverse defence and dual-use senior executives and experts. These discussions provided two of the best-informed conversations I have had on the imperative of Canada’s defence mi…

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