EU officials say Canada may sign a defense procurement agreement with the mainland when Prime Minister Mark Carney goes to Brussels later this month.
Carney is scheduled to visit Brussels on June 23 for the Canadian EU summit, where he will meet with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President António Costa.
Two EU leaders attended the G7 summit in Alberta today, and both said Canada’s participation in what they call Europe’s “rapidly growing defense buildings” will deepen.
Von der Leyen said Canada will sign security and defense partnerships with the EU, which will enable it to join the European loan program for European defense projects.
The 150 billion euro plan, called Europe or security operations, is part of the European European initiative Carney said he hopes Canada will join.
Von der Leyen said the security plan could join with Europe's “very close allies”, “friends and partners” and the deal this month will allow negotiations on Canada.
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