Canada Steps Up Ukraine Support with $900M+ Package

Since the war started back in 2022, Canada’s contributed over $25.5 billion in total assistance and $8.5 billion in military aid. PM Mark Carney just announced a fresh $900 million package at the NATO Summit in Ankara; we’re talking ammo, armoured vehicles, and air defence systems that President Zelenskyy says have already landed.

Canada’s not just writing cheques anymore. A Hamilton, Ontario company teamed up with a Ukrainian drone maker to produce combat drones right here at home. There’s also a wild new anti-drone missile in the works that can hit speeds over 1,000 km/h.

It’s not all military hardware, though. Canada’s also throwing $51 million at humanitarian healthcare, election readiness, support for veterans, even grain storage bags to protect Ukraine’s harvest from Russian attacks on ports.

Canada’s leading the charge to bring home Ukrainian kids who were taken by Russia, and became the first non-European country to join an international body that lets people file claims for war damages.

Russia’s been throwing around threats, calling Canada a “warmonger,” and some Canadians are asking whether we should be spending this much abroad when we’ve got our own housing and healthcare pressures at home.

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