PM Mark Carney pledged to ‘Buy Canadian.’ Since then, $7.8 billion in contracts went to American corporations

Canada October 05, 2026 05:03 PM

Prime Minister Mark Carney visited General Dynamics in London, Ont., in July. The U.S.-based company is one of the largest beneficiaries of the billions worth of contracts that flowed south since he took office.

Frédérik Plante is a Toronto-based investigative reporter for the Star. You can reach him at fplante@thestar.ca, @fx_plante on X or @fxplante.bsky.social on Bluesky.

PM Mark Carney pledged to ‘Buy Canadian.’ Since then, $7.8 billion in contracts went to American corporations

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