Lower thirds:

00:02 Report by / Olivera Zivkovic & Pablo Foley Elias
00:21 Sergeant Tyson Kiddell
00:50 Mark Carney / Canadian Prime Minister

Script:

Canada's armed forces - testing to see if the country is ready for a very cold war.

As the nation prepares to boost its investments in military and security infrastructure

The army is conducting drills in the Canada's far north

In order to improve its ability to act in the Arctic

00:20 - 00:28 
+++SOT SERGEANT TYSON KIDDELL+++
"The conditions are really challenging, but I think that we are coming up here and learning what we need to do better for the next time and I think that we are really meeting the moment."

Canada's first-ever Defense Industrial Strategy

Is set to to scale up Canadian firms and create secure jobs in the military sector

The announcement made by the Prime Minister Carney means the country will reach NATO's 2% military spending target five years earlier than promised. 

0:35 
+++SOT MARK CARNEY, CANADIAN PRIME MINISTER+++
"This strategy is about protecting Canada's sovereignty in its fullest sense. In other words, our ability to act independently in that more dangerous and divided world. To be clear, this strategic autonomy doesn't mean isolation."

Relations between Ottawa and Washington have been strained since Donald Trump came to office last year. 

When the US President launched a trade war with its northern neighbor 

Canada hopes its plan to transform its defense industry will also boost the country's economic growth within a decade.

END