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Canadian firms seal $1.7B Japan deals, record 14 agreements

6/27/2026

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Team Canada Secures

Canadian firms signed more than $1.7 billion in deals in Japan during the three-day Team Canada mission.
Minister of International Trade Maninder Sidhu oversaw a record 14 agreement signings, the most for any Canadian mission.
Mitsubishi Electric selected MDA Space to supply defence satellite communications for Japan’s Ministry of Defence, with work in Montreal.
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. invested over $10 million in Deep Sky to back a Japan-Canada carbon-removal corridor.

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Canada Weighs Options

Defense Minister David McGuinty said Canada wants more information on the Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP) after meeting Shinjiro Koizumi.
Canada is weighing a split-buy of the U.S. F-35 and Sweden’s Gripen, with cost rising from $19 billion in 2019 to $27.7 billion.
RCAF Lt. Gen. Jamie Speiser-Blanchet said the GCAP fighter could counter China and Russia in the Arctic and Indo-Pacific.

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Team Canada Secures

Canadian firms signed more than $1.7 billion in deals in Japan during the three-day Team Canada mission.
Minister of International Trade Maninder Sidhu oversaw a record 14 agreement signings, the most for any Canadian mission.
Mitsubishi Electric selected MDA Space to supply defence satellite communications for Japan’s Ministry of Defence, with work in Montreal.
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. invested over $10 million in Deep Sky to back a Japan-Canada carbon-removal corridor.

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