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The Defence Opportunity: Canada's Half-Trillion-Dollar Bet and How Founders Can Build Into It

Name: The Defence Opportunity: Canada's Half-Trillion-Dollar Bet and How Founders Can Build Into It
Start: 2026-09-10T16:30:00.000-04:00
End: 2026-09-10T18:30:00.000-04:00
Location: Sofia Vintage Motor Café

Ottawa Tech Thursday

Sofia Vintage Motor Café

Ottawa, Canada

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About Event

Canada just hit NATO's 2% target five years early and committed half a trillion dollars to defence over the next decade. The Defence Investment Agency is open for business. The Defence Industrial Strategy has named 10 sovereign capability priorities. The BDC has $4B earmarked for its defence platform, NRC-IRAP has a new $244M stream for SMEs, and Canada just joined the EU's €150B SAFE procurement program.

This is the largest shift in Canadian defence policy in a generation, and Ottawa is at the centre of it!

This Tech Thursday, co-hosted by Ottawa Business Club, we'll walk through what's actually happening, what's working, and what founders need to know to make an informed call.

Speakers:

Joe Armstrong, President at 49North
Dan Kerry, Director and Space Lead at Deloitte Canada
Moderated by: Darryl Bandoro, Venture Partner at VU Venture Partners

Spots are limited so please RSVP to confirm your spot.

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