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Canada is considering Trump's Golden Dome missile defence program

By Kyle Duggan - May 21st 2025

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EXCERPT: ""U.S. President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House on Tuesday, May 20, 2025, in Washington." - The Canadian Press/AP-Alex Brandon

Prime Minister Mark Carney confirmed on Wednesday that Canada is considering joining U.S. President Donald Trump's new Golden Dome missile defence program.

Speaking with reporters on Parliament Hill, Carney said high-level discussions are underway with the U.S., but he refused to provide a ballpark figure for how much Canada might contribute to the massive undertaking.

"We are conscious that we have an ability, if we so choose, to complete the Golden Dome with investments and partnerships." he said. "It's something that we are looking at and something that has been discussed at a high level, but I'm not sure one negotiates on this. These are military decisions that have been taken in that context, and we will evaluate it accordingly."

Carney warned that Canada faces potential missiles threats in the "not-too-distant future" that could come from space.

The comments come after Trump said the day before that the Canadian government contacted his administration indicating it wants to join the US$175-billion program and that he will work with Ottawa to ensure it contributes its "fair share".

"Canada has called us, and they want to be a part of it," Trump said. "We are dealing with them on pricing. They know about it very much."

If all of this sounds a little familiar, that's because Canada has been at this crossroads before.

Prime Minister Mark Carney confirmed on Wednesday that Canada is considering joining U.S. President Donald Trump's new Golden Dome missile defence program. . . . "

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Trump says U.S. has chosen plan for ‘Golden Dome’ missile defense system

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EZXCERPT: "The Congressional Budget Office has estimated that deploying and operating just the space-based interceptors could cost up to $542 billion over the next two decades.

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President Donald Trump discusses the Golden Dome missile defense system in the Oval Office on Tuesday. - (Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post)

By Amy B Wang and Dan Lamothe

President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that the government will move forward on construction of a multibillion-dollar “Golden Dome” missile defense system that will use a constellation of satellites and space-based weapons to intercept ballistic attacks on the United States. . . . ."

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Trump wants denuclearization but pursues a ‘Golden Dome’ of missile defense. Here’s why he can’t have both

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By Celia McDowall, Ankit Panda | April 29, 2025

EXCERPT: "Trump's Golden Dome integrated air and missile defense architecture would include an expansive list of new capabilities, including hypersonic and ballistic tracking space sensors, space-based interceptors, and other intercept capabilities postured to defeat an attack on US population centers. (Credit: NASA photo)

Editor’s note: US President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday the start of a so-called Golden Dome missile defense project that would include space-based sensing and attack satellites and would cost some $175 billion, with $25 billion of that money provided in next year’s budget. “An orbital system would be complex, costly, and ultimately vulnerable to counterattack,” Laura Grego, a physicist at the Union of Concerned Scientists, told NPR. The article below, originally
published last month, explains why such a missile defense system will be self-defeating, spurring a new nuclear arms race that makes Trump’s stated goal of “denuclearization” all but impossible to achieve.

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will soon report back to the White House with options for what the second Trump administration has dubbed a “Golden Dome” approach to homeland missile defense. The administration seeks an expansive system for defending the United States from missile attacks, which is a stark departure from existing policy. The Pentagon’s review of options is meant to consider the implications of a massive expansion of missile defenses for
strategic stability.

But the fundamental vision of a “Golden Dome” may be incompatible with any conception of stability among the major nuclear powers. . . . . "

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