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Canada Joining SAFE Defence Borrowing Pact Will Help Firms Compete: Anand

  • Canada has been formally welcomed into the SAFE defence borrowing agreement by the European Parliament, allowing participation in a pact worth approximately C$240 billion.
  • Canada is the first non-European country to join the Security Action for Europe agreement.
  • Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand stated that Canadian firms can now compete in military procurement opportunities usually reserved for European companies.
  • SAFE supports low-interest loans for military hardware and is part of the ReArm Europe initiative to reduce reliance on the United States military.
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Anand says joining SAFE defence borrowing pact will help Canadian firms compete

Canada would be the first non-European country to join the Security Action for Europe agreement, commonly known as SAFE.

·Toronto, Canada
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The European Parliament voted this Wednesday for Canada to join the European Defence Fund, known as SAFE, in a new step by both to address Donald Trump’s postulates. The country in fact becomes the first non-EU to enter that initiative, launched to reinforce the Union’s overall action on defensive matters. “Canada becomes the first non-European partner to join the Security Action for Europe framework. An instrument that keeps people safer, suppo…

·Madrid, Spain
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Canada will join the SAFE program. The European Parliament has given its consent.

·Warsaw, Poland
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20minutos broke the news in Madrid, Spain on Wednesday, May 20, 2026.
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