Canada is making its defense industry bigger.

Relations with the United States are not good now.

The change is clear in a Toronto factory.

Workers there sew covers for helmets.

The covers are for the Canadian military.

The factory belongs to Wuxly.

Wuxly makes luxury parkas.

Now it makes defense goods.

Prime Minister Mark Carney wants Canada to be more independent.

The US has new taxes on goods from Canada.

So Carney has a plan.

The plan adds $60 billion for defense.

This money is for five years.

Canada wants fewer things from US companies.

It wants to make more things at home.

The plan can make 125,000 jobs.

It can make the defense industry three times bigger in ten years.

Canadian companies are making drones and robots.

They also make sensors for the Arctic.

Wuxly gave Ukraine's military 40,000 uniforms for women.

New Frontier Robotics makes a robot arm.

The arm uses AI.

It works for the military and for normal use.

Volatus Aerospace makes drones.

The drones can drop supplies or weapons.

Canada bought radar planes from Sweden's Saab.

It bought submarines from Germany's ThyssenKrupp.

Experts say there are problems.

Big US companies are strong rivals.

There are also political risks.

But defense shows are full.

New companies are coming in.

James Yurichuk said this.

He is the founder of Wuxly.