As allies scramble to supply Ukraine, Canada still has no deal to ramp up munitions production

In the fall of 2022, a little more than six months into the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, two of Canada’s major ammunition manufacturers submitted proposals to the Liberal government to drastically increase production of artillery shells. Almost a year and a half later — with Canadian stockpiles drained by donations to dangerously low levels, and with Ukraine running out of ammo — a major agreement to ramp up production in this country still hasn’t been signed. And there doesn’t appear to be one on the immediate horizon, despite pressure from allies who already have moved to increase their own…