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National Defence Has Doubled New Contracts With U.S. Tech Giants

·Oct 6, 2026
Source: The Maple
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Canada’s Department of National Defence (DND) has already more than doubled the total value of its new contracts signed with American tech giants this year, according to a new analysis by The Maple. So far in 2026, DND has signed new contracts worth a total of $67.7 million with Microsoft, Amazon, Google and their Canadian subsidiaries, up from $30.3 million signed in 2025. The department’s hike in new contracts with the companies comes despite Prime Minister Mark Carney repeatedly claiming that Canada is reducing its reliance on U. S. contractors. During the 2025 election, Carney explicitly pledged to cut back on government contracts with American tech giants as part of a “Buy Canadian” procurement strategy. This week, the Toronto Star revealed that Carney’s government has signed a total of $7.8 billion worth of federal contracts with American companies since 2025, increasing the share of all federal contracts with U. S. firms by 11 percentage points. Carney has also spoken about creating a “sovereign cloud,” or a computing environment in which data and infrastructure are regulated under Canadian jurisdiction.

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