Canada military procurement made a move this week. Canada is looking to buy a surveillance plane built on a Bombardier airframe with Saab technology. Richard Shimooka says the purchase could be scrapped.

The US asked Canada to stop borrowing American assets for northern defence. But the integrated North American aerospace defence network runs at a classified security level that excludes foreign partners. The US returned the Iron Dome to Israel on security grounds. Saab has the same problem.

A Bombardier partnership with American defence firm L3 is the alternative Richard Shimooka points to. L3 equipped a version of the aircraft for South Korea. Whether the US would approve Canadian use within the shared network is the unresolved question.

Topics: Canada military procurement, Bombardier, Saab, NORAD, airborne early warning

GUEST: Richard Shimooka | McDonald Laurier Institute

Originally aired on2026-05-27