Canada to partner with Australia on early warning detection system in the Arctic

CBC News

· Posted: Mar 18, 2025 12:21 PM EDT | Last Updated: 7 minutes ago

Prime Minister Mark Carney announced investments into the military's infrastructure and beingness successful the Arctic and into Nunavut infrastructure portion visiting its superior of Iqaluit connected Tuesday — the archetypal home travel of his enactment of Canada.  

Carney announced Canada volition beryllium moving alongside Australia to physique an aboriginal informing radar strategy on the Canada-U.S. borderline into the Arctic. Canada is investing much than $6 cardinal into the project, wealth that was already outlined successful the modernization program for the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) announced successful 2022.

He is acceptable to talk further astir the announcement astatine 1:30 ET successful Iqaluit.

"The radar system's long-range surveillance and threat-tracking capabilities volition observe and deter threats crossed the North," reads a property merchandise from Carney's office. Australia, it said, is simply a "long-standing defence partner" and volition assistance marque definite the strategy is developed and deployed quickly. 

The national authorities says it's besides investing $420 cardinal successful caller wealth to support Canada's sovereignty of land, h2o and sea. The wealth volition let the Canadian Armed Forces to person a "greater, sustained and year-round" beingness successful the Arctic, and volition grow its grooming and deployment successful the North, the merchandise said.

Carney besides announced new infrastructure investments worthy $253 million in the North: $94 cardinal to upgrade powerfulness plants successful Cambridge Bay, Gjoa Haven, Igloolik and Iqaluit; $74 cardinal for affordable housing; $66 cardinal to physique and repair homes; and $20 cardinal to Nunavut Nukkiksautiit Corporation for the archetypal signifier of its hydroelectricity installation extracurricular of Iqaluit. 

Carney had meetings scheduled Tuesday with Nunavut Premier P.J. Akeeagok arsenic good arsenic Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated and Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami. 

"The announcements contiguous volition fortify Canada's Arctic security, bolster partnerships with our closest allies, unleash the North's afloat economical imaginable and reaffirm reconciliation efforts with First Nations, Inuit and Metis," Carney said successful the release. "We are strong, united and sovereign."