The Honourable David J. McGuinty, Minister of National Defence, and Chief of the Defence Staff, General Jennie Carignan, will visit Canadian Armed Forces members stationed in the United Kingdom, the United States, and the Northwest Territories from 16-20 December 2025, to thank them for their service ahead of the holidays.
On behalf of the Honourable David McGuinty, Minister of National Defence, the Honourable Jill McKnight, Minister of Veterans Affairs and Associate Minister of National Defence, will announce a newly acquired housing complex in Courtenay, British Columbia.
On behalf of the Honourable David J. McGuinty, Minister of National Defence, Pauline Rochefort, Member of Parliament (MP) for Nipissing – Timiskaming and Parliamentary Secretary to the Secretary of State (Rural Development), will make an announcement at 22 Wing North Bay regarding funding for the City of North Bay’s work to address the presence of per- and polyfluoroalkylated substances.
The Honourable David McGuinty, Minister of National Defence, will co-host the 17th annual Halifax International Security Forum with HFX President, Peter Van Praagh.
Media are invited to the Centre for Ocean Ventures and Entrepreneurship in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, for an announcement related to innovation by the Honourable David J. McGuinty, Minister of National Defence and the Honourable Sean Fraser, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada and Minister responsible for the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency on November 21, 2025.
The Honourable David J. McGuinty, Minister of National Defence, will welcome Sweden’s Minister for Defence, Pål Jonson, to Canada on November 19, 2025, for a bilateral visit.
The Honourable David McGuinty, Minister of National Defence and Member of Parliament Marie-France Lalonde will host an event at the Bob MacQuarrie Recreation Complex in Orléans to highlight federal budget investments to build local infrastructure.
The Honourable David McGuinty, Minister of National Defence, will travel to the Philippines from October 31 to November 2 to strengthen defence relations with one of Canada’s most important defence partners in the Indo-Pacific region.
Members of the media are invited to speak with individual Canadian Armed Forces members selected as participants in this year’s Remembrance Day Sentry Program.