July 6, 2026

Carney MAY announce Canada’s new sub fleet: 6.10am Tues July 7, SYDNEY time

Alex Allan at Your Southshore Canada reports 8.34am July 6 Canadian time https://yoursouthshore.ca/mark-carney-in-halifax-for-key-defence-announcement/

"Prime Minister Mark Carney is in Halifax, where sources anticipate a defence update that includes submarine plans.

Carney is scheduled to tour a Canadian Armed Forces base at 4:50 p.m. Monday [ie. 5.50am Tuesday July 7 Sydney time] according to his public itinerary. He is set to make an announcement around 5:10 p.m. [ie. 6.10am Tuesday July 7 Sydney time - good time to watch the World Cup beforehand :-] 

His office said the measures will focus on making Canada more secure, more resilient and more prosperous.

Multiple government and industry sources stated that Carney is expected to outline the next phase of Canada’s project to acquire a new fleet of submarines.

The itinerary shows Carney will depart Halifax at 5:50 p.m. [6.50am Tuesday July 7 Sydney time] for [the NATO Summit in Ankara] Turkiye."


Alex Allan is an award-winning multimedia journalist and graduate of Fanshawe College's Journalism Broadcasting and Digital Communication Management programs. He is based in Saint John and covers stories across New Brunswick. Contact Alex at allana@radioabl.ca.

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5 comments:

Shawn C said...

Hi Pete,

I just saw an article claiming TKMS wins, but the source was "not authorized to speak in public", so I think this article is slightly better than speculative.

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-canada-submarine-contract-germany-tkms/

Pete2 said...

Hi Shawn at 7/06/2026 10:35 PM

The article https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-canada-submarine-contract-germany-tkms/ may indeed be "speculative" otherwise it would be a major leak/scoop.

Also https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-canada-submarine-contract-germany-tkms/ is PayWalled for non-Canadians like me - so it may be an attempt to boost paying customers with an article of little merit.

Cheers Pete

Also

Pete2 said...

BTW - I wonder if China's PLAN just tested a JL-2 or JL-3 SLBM in the Pacific Ocean?

The US and UK test Trident 2 SLBMs in the Atlantic with little/no criticism from Australia's Foreign Minister Penny Wong https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-06/china-test-ballistic-missile-south-pacific/106885076

Shawn C said...

Hi Pete,

It's starting to propagate across Canadian media. CTV quotes "industry sources":
https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/article/canada-chooses-german-company-to-build-new-submarine-fleet-sources/

Pete2 said...


Hi Shawn at 7/07/2026 12:14 AM

You were clearly correct identifying "CTV quotes "industry sources": https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/article/canada-chooses-german-company-to-build-new-submarine-fleet-sources/ "

Pete Comment: It looks like the "industry sources" were de facto authorised by the Carney Government to leak the NATO angle information.

I've continued the discussion with my "I predicted Germany's TKMS Type 212CD Would Win Canadian Order: Why?" of July 7, 2026 at https://gentleseas.blogspot.com/2026/07/i-predicted-germanys-tkms-type-212cd.html

Cheers Pete