Yesterday was the first day of Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s Canadian visit, where there was an announcement in Calgary with prime minister Mark Carney before the pair headed to Banff to address the Cabinet retreat. There were a number of different announcements made, largely with the signature on a “declaration to establish a 100-year partnership,” which means that it’s not finalised, but they still wanted to put on a production. The 100-year thing has already been signed with the UK, and will be more of an intention of long-term support than a binding 100-year agreement of any particular variety, but Ukraine gets the validation of a partner like Canada, amidst the other supports. There was also an energy-partnership signed, new funds for Ukrainian war veterans, and the coordination around new anti-ballistic missile sanctions that Canada is taking the lead on.
One of the big items was a drone deal, where Canada is standing up a drone production industrial base as opposed to an inventory of several thousand drones because of the pace of technological change. A third of that production will head to Ukraine immediately, but this is where Ukraine leads in developing the technology, and Canadian industry will help fund and carry out the production. This is where the future of warfare is headed, and Canada is the first to sign such a deal in the Americas (a number of countries in the Persian Gulf have signed their own deals because of the Iran conflict demonstrated their necessity), but it certainly help ensure that Ukraine has what it needs as the conflict carries on.
Meanwhile, we learned that Carney is still communicating regularly with Trump on issues like Ukraine and Iran (not that he’s bothered to publish a readout of any of these conversations). He spoke about compartmentalising these conversations about the broader trade war happening, but okay. And then he said that he still thinks that there’s a deal to be had with the US, and that we can “strike a fair deal.” We have a fair deal—it’s the New NAFTA. There is no deal to be had with Trump because he doesn’t keep his word, and is a gangster who will always try to take more. Carney may think he’s going for optimism, but he’s just delaying action when we need to make it clear that there’s no going back to “normal” for at least a generation, if not more.
My Latest:
My Xtra column looks at the documents that Alberta separatists have been putting out, and why they may sound great on the surface but have hidden warnings if you look.
Ukraine Dispatch:
Russian air strikes hit an apartment building in Kyiv early this morning. They also hit Pavlohrad with drones, aerial bombs and artillery.
Noteworthy:
- Police are trying to pressure government to ensure they can break encryption as part of the Lawful Access bill. (This government’s record in opposing police is not good).
- Here is a closer look at the online presence of separatists in the Alberta referendum.
- Supriya Dwivedi warns the government that people want robust regulations on digital asbestos, not the “light touch” that Evan Solomon is promising.
- Jessica Davis reflects on the lack of proper resources and action for countering financing of terrorism in the twenty-five years since 9/11.
*sigh*The so-called "Allison Inquiry" is a cosplay event where a Conservative MP booked a meeting room and is pretending to hold a parliamentary inquiry. That the Post decided to treat this seriously is Not Good.Even worse is that his leader appears to be sanctioning this cosplay event.
— Dale Smith (@journodale.bsky.social) 2026-09-11T01:44:29.129Z
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