OTTAWA — The Carney government is showing its willingness to turn away from American companies as it tries to use its huge surge of military spending to boost the Canadian economy, rebuffing U.S. bids for a multibillion-dollar army vehicle contract and possibly shifting away from data analytics providers like the controversial American firm Palantir.
Stephen Fuhr, Carney’s secretary of state for defence procurement, defended a decision on Wednesday to narrow the contest for at least 1,600 new light utility vehicles for the army to two Canadian companies, edging American bidders out of a contract worth up to $4.9 billion.
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