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Germany Lost Russia. Now It's Buying Gas From Canada, and Canada's Next Radar Planes Will Be Swedish. Carney Picked Saab Over Boeing.
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Germany Lost Russia. Now It's Buying Gas From Canada.
Canada and Germany signed a liquefied natural gas export agreement on Wednesday that will send a million metric tonnes a year from the B.C. coast to Europe. It's the first LNG deal between the two countries.
The gas will come from the proposed $10-billion Ksi Lisims facility on Nisga'a Nation territory north of Prince Rupert. The terminal is largely Indigenous-owned. Germany's multi-decade commitment to buy in bulk makes the long-stalled project more likely to get built.
PM Mark Carney called the deal a win for his push to diversify trade away from the United States. Germany walked away from Russian gas after the 2022 invasion of Ukraine, and Middle East supply has shrunk because of the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran.
Not everyone's convinced. Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre wants the gas shipped east by pipeline to the Atlantic coast instead. Some First Nations and environmental groups remain opposed to the terminal.
Carney said Canadian LNG can replace Russian gas in international markets. This deal will put that idea to the test.
Read more: CBC News / The Globe and Mail
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Canada's Next Radar Planes Will Be Swedish. Carney Picked Saab Over Boeing.
PM Mark Carney told the CANSEC defence trade show on Wednesday that Canada is in talks with Sweden's Saab to buy GlobalEye early-warning planes. The deal beats out Boeing's E-7 Wedgetail and L3Harris's Aeris X, both American.
Canada says it needs six of the radar planes to track threats including hypersonic and cruise missiles from Russia and China. The procurement is expected to cost more than $5 billion. The GlobalEye system will sit on Bombardier Global 6500 jets built in Canada, though about 20 per cent of that airframe content is American.
"The days of our military sending 70 cents of every dollar to the United States are over," Carney said in April. The Royal Canadian Air Force reportedly preferred the U.S.-made E-7 for interoperability, but it seems like Carney went the other way at least in part to make a point.
France, the UAE, and Sweden all fly the GlobalEye. A fighter jet decision remains open and whether Canada follows through and orders Sweden's Gripen instead of the rest of its 88 F-35s will be the next test.
Read more: The Globe and Mail