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Canada PM Carney announces deal with Australia to boost Arctic radar
Canada PM Carney announces deal with Australia to boost Arctic radar
by AFP Staff Writers
Ottawa (AFP) Mar 18, 2025

Prime Minister Mark Carney announced Tuesday a Can$6 billion (US$4.2 billion) deal with Australia to develop an Arctic radar system, warning that Canada must take more responsibility for its defence as US priorities shift.

Carney made the announcement in Iqaluit, capital of the Nunavut territory in the Canadian Arctic, on the final leg of his first official trip as prime minister since taking over from Justin Trudeau last week.

Carney -- who has previously described the United States under President Donald Trump as a country Canada "can no longer trust" -- characterized the radar deal as part of a broader effort to assert Canadian sovereignty over the Arctic.

"The world is changing," Carney said in Iqaluit, where he made a domestic stop after visits to Paris and London.

"International institutions and norms that have kept Canada secure are now being called into question. And the United States's priorities, our ally, once closely aligned with our own, are beginning to shift," he said.

"We cannot and should not look first to others to defend our nation."

Australia is a leader in "over-the-horizon" radar, an advanced system that allows for continuous threat-tracking over a vast area.

"The radar system's long-range surveillance and threat tracking capabilities will detect and deter threats across the North," Carney's office said in a statement announcing the deal.

The new network will replace an ageing Cold War-era North Warning System, which relies on radar stations from Alaska to northern Quebec that are incapable of responding to modern missile threats.

Ottawa will also invest an additional Can$420 million to boost Canada's year-round military presence in the far north.

"Securing Canada is an absolute strategic priority of this government," Carney said. "We will need to do more."

Funding for enhanced Arctic radar was announced under Trudeau, but the decision to partner with Australia was unveiled Tuesday.

Canada made Arctic security a priority before Trump returned to office, amid concern about possible Russian aggression as melting ice caused by climate change increasingly opens the region for resource extraction.

But Trump's repeated questioning of Canadian sovereignty has sparked renewed focus on national defence in Canada, which once viewed its security ties with Washington as iron-clad.

Canada's Defence Minister Bill Blair earlier this month announced plans for three new Arctic military hubs with airstrips and equipment depots.

New Canadian prime ministers typically make calling the American president a first priority after taking office, but with the countries currently fighting a trade war initiated by Trump's tariffs it remains unclear when Carney and Trump will speak.

Carney said Tuesday he would have a "comprehensive" discussion with Trump about trade "at the appropriate time."

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