Three weeks after Prime Minister Mark Carney spoke of a rupture in the international order at the World Economic Forum in Davos, and shared how Canada would double defence spending “in ways that build our domestic industries,” the federal government on Feb. 17 revealed more detail on how it intends to build and buy Canadian military capability. 

The much-anticipated Defence Industrial Strategy (DIS)—a commitment of the Liberals’ 2024 defence policy—is the result of a rapidly changing global security environment, and the challenges faced by the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) as it seeks to replace decades old platforms and deliver new capabilities. 

Recognizing the shifting security…