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fromThe Walrus
6 days ago

Carney's "Buy Canadian" Policy Doesn't Require Companies to Be Canadian | The Walrus

Those operations tend to reveal the same fragility: specialized equipment dependent on foreign manufacturers and logistics chains stretched across borders and oceans. The flag may be Canadian. The infrastructure, often, is not. Prime Minister Mark Carney has said repeatedly that the future of national defence depends on building domestic capability and diversifying our defence partnerships. We have made commitments to meeting our NATO defence spending targets,
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UK politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
7 months ago

UK ministers to restart approval process for two North Sea oilfields

UK government restarts approval process for controversial oilfields despite projected reliance on foreign gas by 2050.
US politics
fromThe Atlantic
7 months ago

How America Lost Control of the Seas

The U.S. has a critical lack of maritime capacity, relying heavily on foreign-built ships for trade and military logistics.
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