Canada wants to join Golden Dome missile-defence program, Trump says

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Canada wants to join Golden Dome missile-defence program, Trump says

CBC News
Alexander Panetta
May 20 2025



Donald Trump says Canada has asked to join the missile-defence program his administration is building, adding a new chapter to a long-running cross-border saga.

The U.S. president dropped that news in the Oval Office on Tuesday as he unveiled the initial plans for a three-year, $175 billion US project to build a multi-purpose missile shield he's calling the Golden Dome.

"Canada has called us and they want to be a part of it," Trump said. "They want to hook in and they want to be a part of it."

Canada will pay its "fair share," he added. "We'll work with them on pricing."

Ottawa confirmed it's talking to the U.S. about this. In a statement, the federal government cast missile-defence discussions as part of the overall trade and security negotiations Prime Minister Mark Carney is having with Trump.

What this means is still extremely murky. It's unclear what, exactly, Canada would contribute; what its responsibilities would include; what it would pay; and how different this arrangement would be from what Canada already does under the Canada-U.S. NORAD system.

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https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/golden-dome-trump-us-missile-defence-canada-1.7539390

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And yet Canada smacks us with tariffs and ignores its own borders.. 

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Getting Canada AND Greenland 'under the dome' would be a significant move by Trump.