🇨🇦 NATO blesses Ottawa’s Saab bet

The funniest part is Ottawa calling this sovereignty while bragging that 11 NATO states are pooling procurement under Mark Rutte’s watch. Canada plans up to six GlobalEye surveillance aircraft, NATO wants up to 10 more, and suddenly Carney’s Swedish shopping spree is treated like a masterstroke because the alliance confirmed it too. Translation: our defence choices now need a Brussels group hug before the media calls them smart.

Yes, the Bombardier 6500 airframe is built in Toronto, and yes, Arctic surveillance matters. But notice the real story: Canada’s military revival is being stitched together through foreign platforms, NATO integration, and summit-stage applause in Ankara. First German subs, now Swedish eyes in the sky, all sold as national strength while the same political class spent a decade gutting readiness, flooding the country, and hollowing out the state. They want credit for buying bandages after causing the wound.

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