The plan calls for three tranches of spending:
The first will go toward recruiting new members to the Canadian Armed Forces, pay raises for military personnel and new housing on bases.
The second will fund new kits for servicemen and women, such as self-propelled artillery systems and ground-based air defense capabilities for use in Canada or for deployment to Europe. The Liberal government previously announced it is working with Australia to develop early-warning radar defense systems.
The third bucket of spending will go to quantum computing and AI, a field Canada leads in research. The military could use AI in autonomous vehicles, war games and to process intelligence information, an official with the Liberal Party explained during a briefing ahead of the platform release.
The party said it will work with Indigenous partners on infrastructure, and to build communities and energy projects in the North that make the Arctic a place people want to live and work. Carney also promised to work with Europe on Arctic security.