Canada is buying gasoline and sniper rifles for Ukraine — part of the latest military assistance package announced Friday by Defence Minister Anita Anand at a meeting of allies in Europe.
Anand announced that Canada is purchasing up to 3.3 million litres of fuel through a NATO program. The announcement was made at the monthly gathering of countries helping to supply arms and equipment to the embattled Eastern European country, being held at a U.S. airbase in Ramstein, Germany.
The deal for fuel amounts to $34.6 million.
The Liberal government also will be buying 40 .50 caliber sniper rifles and ammunition from Prairie Gun Works in Winnipeg, and $2
