Germany’s defense minister makes rare personal pitch for submarine deal in Ottawa
Sebastian Ujică
VIENNA — German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius came to Canada’s CANSEC defense exhibition on Wednesday with a message that was as much political as commercial: Buy our submarines, and Germany will have your back. Standing alongside Canadian Defense Minister David McGuinty in front of a Franco-German helicopter fitted with Canadian engines, Pistorius made an explicit pitch for TKMS’ Type 212CD in Canada’s Canadian Patrol Submarine Project, a contract estimated at up to C$60 billion (US$43.3
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