Canada has drawn up plans to send a contingent of soldiers to Greenland for military exercises with other NATO allies in the face of threats from the US president to annex the semi-autonomous island controlled by Denmark.
Two senior government officials told The Globe and Mail that the Canadian Armed Forces is awaiting final political approval from Prime Minister Mark Carney before the soldiers are flown to Greenland.
In separate reporting, two senior Canadian officials told CBC News that a set of contingency plans were drawn up last week and presented to the federal government.
Sending Canadian troops would likely anger the US president, who has threatened to hit a group of European countries with new tariffs after they dispatched military personnel to Greenland in a show of solidarity with Denmark.
Canada currently has three CF-18 fighter jets and a Cormorant helicopter in Greenland as part of a North American Aerospace Defence Command (NORAD) exercise involving the US.
Sources:
Robert Fife, Steven Chase, Globe and Mail: Canada weighs sending soldiers to Greenland as show of NATO solidarity with Denmark https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-canada-soldiers-greenland-nato-training-denmark-tariffs-donald-trump/
Benjamin Lopez Steven, Murray Brewster, CBC: Carney weighs sending soldiers to Greenland for military exercises with NATO allies https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/carney-greenland-soldiers-trump-tariff-nato-denmark-9.7050621