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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.
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…