During a June 9 speech, Prime Minister Mark Carney repeated an earlier promise that Canada would be cutting back on using its defence dollars to purchase U.S. military equipment. The U.S. has become increasingly hostile to Canada, with President Donald Trump continuing with economic efforts to punish Canada and to push for this country to become the 51st state.

But there has been growing frustration among some Canadian defence firms that the Canadian military has ignored Carney’s call to decrease its reliance on U.S. suppliers and instead diversify contracts to focus on Canadian or European companies. Canadian military leaders are extremely close to their U.S. counterparts and despite the prime minister’s direction have advocated for increased ties to the Americans.