Alberta a key partner in Canada’s defence shift: Martin Green in The Hill Times – MLI
May 21, 2026
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.
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 mission.
While I was aware of the significant Canadian Armed Force’s (CAF) presence and the growing defence and dual use ecosystem in Alberta, I was—to be frank—gob smacked by how prolific, co-ordinated, and well positioned they are to play a leading role in key facets of Canada’s new Defence Industrial Strategy (DIS). Alberta’s growing aerospace and defence sector has over 500 companies and 16,000 employees, and exports over 40 per cent of its products.
