Policy areas · Defence & Foreign Affairs
Armed forces & procurement
Clarion tracks Armed forces & procurement across Canada's legislative record — the bills tagged to it, the House and legislature debates that mention it, the government media around it, and the lobbying filed on it. Every number is a deterministic count cited to the official record, refreshed each morning. A policy grouping, never a position.
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Activity on this area
All-time counts of records matching this area's curated bilingual anchors.
- Bills
- 3
- 1 in the last 90 days
- Debates
- 176
- 169 in the last 90 days
- Government media
- 24
- 18 in the last 90 days
Bills in this area
Bills whose title or summary matches this sub-topic's anchors. A keyword grouping by subject — verify each against the official record; it does not indicate a position.
C-11 — An Act to amend the National Defence Act and other Acts
Canada (Federal)Royal Assent Received2026-06-18keyword-tagged — verify
Canada (Federal)Outside The Order Of Precedence2025-10-22keyword-tagged — verify
Bill 165 — Honouring Canadian Armed Forces Members Act
Nova ScotiaRoyal Assent2025-10-02keyword-tagged — verify
Recent records
The most recent debates, government media, and lobbying filings matching this area.
Media2026-06-30
Carney to travel to Turkey for NATO summit next week, then Saudi Arabia
citynews-toronto
Official record ↗Media2026-06-30
Eric Ham: How NATO’s defence showdown puts Canada’s trade deal with the U.S. and Mexico at risk
ctv-politics
Official record ↗Media2026-06-30
Eric Ham: How Canada navigates NATO could determine CUSMA’s future
ctv-politics
Official record ↗Media2026-06-27
EXCLUSIVE: Canada’s possible mixed fighter jet fleet ‘would not kill Norad’: U.S. ambassador
ctv-politics
Official record ↗Media2026-06-27
EXCLUSIVE: ‘One decision will not kill Norad,’ U.S. ambassador says of Canada’s possible mixed fighter jet fleet
ctv-politics
Official record ↗Debate2026-06-17
Mr. Robertson
Thank you, senator, for the question. Provinces and territories have the flexibility to direct this funding to build housing adjacent to bases in their various…
Official record ↗Debate2026-06-17
Senator Busson
Thank you, June, for your friendship, advice and unwavering support since my appointment in 2018. June, thank you for your years of service, your loyalty and yo…
Official record ↗Debate2026-06-17
Cathay Wagantall (Yorkton—Melville, CPC)
Mr. Speaker, I rise today to give my last speech in this place. Having been here since 2015, I am retiring as of the end of the summer, and I appreciate this op…
Official record ↗Debate2026-06-17
Senator Patterson
I’m going to take a slightly different tack and talk about military housing. We know from the technical brief that housing on-base is covered under the Canadian…
Official record ↗Debate2026-06-16
Sherry Romanado (Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of National Defence, Lib.)
Mr. Speaker, we are strengthening the Royal Canadian Navy from coast to coast to coast, with billions of dollars in investments in the context of one of the lar…
Official record ↗
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What's counted
This topic has no matching lobbying registrations in the registries Clarion ingests, so its activity reflects bills, debates, and government media only — never an inferred lobbying figure.
Every count is a deterministic tally of real records matching curated anchors — a way to group activity by policy area, not a measure of support, opposition, or outcome. Bills are grouped by subject, never by stance.
Most recent tracked activity: 2026-06-30.
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