Question Period Note: ARMOURED VEHICLE DONATIONS TO UKRAINE

• Canada’s support for Ukraine is unwavering.
• Since Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022, we have committed $4.5 billion in military assistance funding to Ukraine.
• As part of this commitment, Canada signed an historic security cooperation agreement with Ukraine in February 2024, and we continue to invest in critical procurement and training initiatives.
• This includes $650 million to provide Ukraine with 50 state-of-the-art Armoured Combat Support Vehicles, built in Canada.
• In fact, Ukrainians have already started training on these first ten vehicles and they will arrive in Ukraine next month.
• We are also working with Canadian industry to provide Ukraine with refurbished Canadian Armed Forces armoured vehicles.
• This is one of many initiatives underway where Canada is leveraging different resources to support our Ukrainian counterparts, including through innovative allied coalitions, working with Canadian industry, and leveraging our own military stocks.

• Between February 2022 and February 2024, Canada has committed $4.5 billion in military assistance to Ukraine. Latest announcements include:
• On September 6, 2024, at the 24th meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group, Minister Blair announced that Canada will donate and transport 80,840 additional CRV-7 rocket motors and 1,300 warheads to Ukraine. This follows Canada’s initial delivery of 2,160 CRV-7 rocket motors, as pledged earlier this year.
o The additional 80,840 rocket motors are being prepared for shipment to Poland and will arrive in the coming months. The decommissioned rocket motors were previously used by the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) on CF-18 fighter aircraft. Canada will also be donating 970 surplus C6 machine guns as well as 10,500 surplus 9mm pistols from our inventory.
o In addition, Canada will donate decommissioned chassis from 29 M113s and 64 Coyote LAVs, formerly used by the Canadian Armed Forces, These surplus vehicles, no longer operational in the Canadian Army, will be repurposed or used for spare parts by Ukraine.
o Minister Blair also announced that in early September, Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) pilots arrived in Canada to begin fighter-lead-in-training (FLIT). Canada has taken over leadership of the FLIT element of the UDCG Air Force Capability Coalition (AFCC) – backed by an investment of $389 million over five years in F-16 pilot training for Ukrainian personnel.
• On July 11, 2024, at the NATO Summit in Washington, D.C., the Prime Minister announced an additional $500 million in military assistance funding for Ukraine.
o The new contribution includes $443.8 million for National Defence to support the costs of military equipment, assistance, and training for the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU), $56.2 million allocated to the NATO Comprehensive Assistance Package (CAP) for Ukraine Trust Fund to support Ukraine’s immediate and long-term needs, and support for both the launch of the NATO Security Assistance and Training for Ukraine (NSATU) and for the Ukraine Defence Contact Group’s (UCDG) Air Force Capability Coalition.
o The Minister of National Defence also announced that Canada will donate 29 Nanuk Remote Weapons Systems – manufactured by Rheinmetall Canada – from surplus CAF inventory, and more than 130,000 rounds of surplus small arms ammunition to Ukraine.
• On June 12, 2024, National Defence announced that the first four of 50 new Armoured Combat Support Vehicles (ACSVs) built by Canadian workers are heading to Europe, where members of the AFU will be trained in their use this summer.
o These vehicles are of the ambulance variant and part of a fleet of state-of-the-art armoured vehicles built at General Dynamics Land Systems in London, Ontario, that Canada is donating to Ukraine. The first ten of these vehicles will be delivered to Ukraine by October 2024.
o During the visit of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on September 22, 2023, During President Zelenskyy’s visit to Ottawa on September 22, 2023, Prime Minister Trudeau announced that Canada would invest $650M to supply Ukraine with armoured vehicles, including medical evacuation vehicles.
• Refurbished CAF Armoured Vehicles (Contact with Armatec)
• Based on instructions from the Department of National Defence (DND), CCC is currently in negotiations with Armatec Survivability Corp. regarding a potential purchase by the Government of Canada for donation to Ukraine.
• These negotiations are in the advanced stages and DND and CCC are working diligently with Armatec Survivability Corp. to bring these discussions to a close.
• CCC is an executing agency for the delivery of Canada’s in-kind aid to foreign governments.
• Since February 2022, CCC has facilitated over $1 billion in Government of Canada donations to the Ukrainian government. Its expertise in international contracting, procurement, and project management enables them to efficiently deliver equipment, supplies and services in rapidly changing environments.

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