Canada pledges $2.5 billion more to Ukraine, boosting total aid to $24.5 billion
Canada is doubling down on its financial commitment to Ukraine with an additional $2.5 billion in aid for the embattled country.
Canada is doubling down on its financial commitment to Ukraine with an additional $2.5 billion in aid for the embattled country, boosting total support since the 2022 invasion to an eye-watering $24.5 billion in military and financial aid.
Prime Minister Mark Carney confirmed the additional $2.5 billion commitment last week, following a series of funding announcements made late last year as NATO allies stepped up coordination on support for Kyiv.
The new pledge builds on funding announced in December, when the federal government committed an additional $235 million in military and security assistance.
At that time, Defence Minister David McGuinty said Canada would provide $200 million toward a new package of military equipment sourced from the United States under NATO’s Prioritized Ukraine Requirements List (PURL). The overall package, valued at about US$500 million, includes air-defence systems, ammunition, and other urgent operational needs identified by Ukraine.
Ottawa had fully funded an earlier PURL package announced in August, bringing Canada’s total contribution under that mechanism to about $892 million.
“This contribution reflects Canada’s unwavering commitment to Ukraine, to our NATO allies, and to the security of the Euro-Atlantic region,” McGuinty said in a statement at the time.
Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand also announced $35 million in December for NATO’s Comprehensive Assistance Package (CAP), which provides non-lethal support to Ukraine, including logistics, communications, and training-related assistance. That funding raised Canada’s total CAP contribution to approximately $180 million.
Prior to the latest $2.5 billion announcement, Canada had committed nearly $22 billion in overall assistance to Ukraine, including $6.5 billion in military aid extending through 2029. Canadian military support has included tanks, armoured vehicles, artillery systems, missiles, drones, satellite imagery, and winter equipment.
With the latest pledge, total Canadian aid now stands at $24.5 billion.
According to figures cited by the government, the updated total places Canada as the highest per-capita donor to Ukraine among G7 countries and ninth globally in total aid as a share of gross domestic product, surpassing Italy, France, Spain, Poland, and the United Kingdom.
Wow, what a waste of money and resources. This money could have been better spent to help the homeless people get off the street and into some comfortable housing. When will the government address this serious situation? They continue to spend money on useless projects, totally ignoring the homeless community. How does a government stand there with its head in the clouds, proudly claiming this is what these Canadians want? Are Canadians that stupid that we allow these rats to continually bulldoze over us with all these great promises that things will get better? When?? If I had to hold my breath waiting for better things, I would be six feet under with tulips growing on my head. Happy days are here again.