Up to $1.05 billion of the funding is going to General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems, a Quebec subsidiary of the U.S. defence giant, to start making explosive nitrocellulose, charges and final 155-millimetre artillery shells. Defence Minister David McGuinty announced the subsidies at IMT Precision in Ingersoll, Ont., which is getting up to $305.4 million for a factory to make the exterior metal casings for the projectiles. (The Logic)

Talking point: A recent government document The Logic obtained through an access to information request said that only about 30 per cent of the ammunition the Canadian Armed Forces need is made in Canada—and much of that is meant for training, not operations. Canada has also donated 20,000 rounds from its own stockpile of 155-millimetre ammunition to Ukraine in recent years. Army commander Lt.-Gen. M.C. Wright wrote in a 2025 paper on army modernization that inadequate stocks and relying on other countries for basic supplies are key vulnerabilities for the force.