Overview

• In Kyiv, Prime Minister Mark Carney announced a $2‑billion defence package for Ukraine with more than $1 billion to procure U.S.-made equipment alongside funding for drones, electronic warfare and joint investments.
• Meeting Prime Minister Donald Tusk in Warsaw, Canada and Poland agreed to a strategic partnership spanning trade, defence and energy, with annual bilateral meetings and Canada set to lead a major Polish defence industry expo next year.
• Carney met Canadian troops training Ukrainian forces under Operation Unifier and left open the possibility of contributing troops to a future security guarantee for Ukraine, without detailing what role that might entail.
• Ottawa will lift some retaliatory tariffs on U.S. goods to align with CUSMA exemptions while keeping counter‑tariffs on steel, aluminum and autos in place, and Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc heads to Washington this week for talks.
• Carney arrived in Germany to seek deeper trade and defence ties with Europe’s largest economy as Canada looks to strengthen partnerships in response to global tariff tensions and ongoing security threats from Russia’s war on Ukraine.