Canada Participates in Largest Ever Weapons
Trade Show in Britain

Demonstration at weapons trade show in London, September 9-12, 2025

Canada's Secretary of State, Defence Procurement, Stephen Fuhr, addressed participants in a weapons fair in London on September 8, titled Defence and Security Equipment International. Canada, in the words of Fuhr, "showcased its strength" with more than 200 Canadian companies participating in the weapons fair. He said this is "Canada's largest-ever presence at the expo."

For the people, it is evidence of the course the Carney government has set to step up war preparations and production in the name of high ideals.

Fuhr was present to tout Canada's and the UK's shift in approach to military funding which includes, but is not limited to, the commitment to meet NATO's demand for five per cent of each member country's GDP to be devoted to its military build-up by 2035. Other military spending is on top of that, including the pay-the-rich schemes which enrich private interests involved in war production, such as J.D. Irving Limited, the owner of Irving Shipbuilding.

In a speech delivered at the weapons fair, Fuhr described his responsibility as not only overseeing procurement but facilitating partnerships with like-minded allies, like Sweden, Finland and the UK. The next generation of Canada's River-class destroyers -- the largest military procurement project in Canadian history -- is designed by BAE, the largest arms manufacturer in Europe, and built by Irving Shipbuilding in Halifax.

This, he said, is an example of how collaboration can deliver world-class capabilities and what he called "lasting economic benefits." For whom he did not say. "This is possible because Canada has a robust defence industry, contributing nearly $10 billion to our gross domestic product and sustaining more than 81,000 jobs," he threw in instead, for good measure.

According to Fuhr, this "defence" industry, "with approximately 60 per cent of its sales coming from exports... already has a strong global footprint."

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This article was published in

Volume 55 Number 10 - October 2025

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