Prime Minister Mark Carney: “Canada is now the first non-European country to be granted a membership in SAFE.
“This is a game changer program that means Canada can rearm our Canadian Armed Forces members more effectively and scale up our defence industries with more contracts overseas.” He added
Canada formally joined the European Union’s Security Action for Europe (SAFE) defense procurement program on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference, becoming the first non-European country to participate in the bloc’s new joint-buying framework, according to The Canadian Press on February 15.
Canadian Defense Minister David McGuinty said the agreement links Canada to the EU’s approximately $162 billion loan-backed effort to accelerate joint procurement and expand defense-industrial production as European governments push to close capability gaps and ramp up output.
