The four-year contract will take the Canadian Armed Forces’ fleet of armoured vehicles to 550, Prime Minister Mark Carney said at a General Dynamics Land Systems–Canada factory in London, Ont. The Canadian subsidiary of the U.S. defence giant has been a regular supplier of the troop-carrying combat vehicles to the military and will be the government’s first official “strategic partner” under the defence industrial strategy. (The Logic)

Talking point: As The Logic reported this week, most of the work awarded under the federal government’s broader Buy Canadian policy has gone to Canadian subsidiaries of foreign firms; the policy defines a Canadian firm as one with a physical presence and workforce here, regardless of its ownership. Carney talked up General Dynamics Land Systems–Canada as a Canadian firm, despite its U.S. ownership, and the “Canadian ingenuity, skill and craftsmanship” behind components in its vehicles. His examples included products from French-owned Thales and U.S.-owned Interpro of Regina.