## Europe to the world: ‘Canada is with us’ as it joins defence alliance in historic first

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Defence Minister David McGuinty signed the formal text at the Munich Security Conference on 14 February 2026.

"Our reliable security-building partner is the first non-European country to join SAFE and deepen our defence ties.".

Polish MEP Borys Budka framed the vote as a statement about the new architecture of transatlantic defence.

As of March 2026, the Commission had approved the national defence investment plans of 18 member states, including Czechia and France.

McGuinty described the opportunities as "enormous" and said the deal would "catalyse massive private investment" in the Canadian defence industry.

The February 2026 Defence Industrial Strategy commits 70% of federal defence contracts to Canadian firms within a decade.

But they are products of the same set of decisions being made in Brussels about where Europe's partnerships are going. »

### Bezos says taxing him more won't help teachers. Mamdani disagrees.

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Bezos, in an interview, said that he could pay more in taxes, but that it wouldn't help a hypothetical teacher in Queens.

In a post on X, Mamdani responded simply: "I know a few teachers in Queens who would beg to differ. »

### Sadiq Khan sparks row with Met after blocking £50m AI deal with Palantir

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Sadiq Khan has blocked a £50m Metropolitan police deal with the controversial US tech company Palantir, sparking a bitter row between the London mayor and Scotland Yard.

The mayor’s office said there had been a “clear and serious breach” of procurement rules and said police had only seriously considered one supplier (Palantir).

The deal would have been Palantir’s largest yet in British policing, after others worth £330m and £240m with NHS England and the Ministry of Defence. »

### Suit targets whites-only Arkansas community over applicant’s rejection for Jewish roots, Black husband

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A white supremacist group faces a federal discrimination lawsuit filed by a real estate broker who says she was barred from purchasing property in their rural Arkansas community because of her Jewish ancestry, Black husband and biracial children.

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Return to the Land did not immediately respond to the lawsuit, which was filed Wednesday in the Eastern District of Arkansas, Northern Division. »

### Trump’s Endgame Is Surrender

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The outlines of President Trump’s endgame in the Iran war are now emerging.

Endgame in this case is a euphemism for “surrender.”.

Trump then called for a halt on U.S. and Israeli targeting of Iran’s energy infrastructure, and the war effectively ended. »

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