Canada's Defence Industrial Strategy calls for 125,000 new defence-industry jobs by 2035, which is strikingly close to the ~125,000 people currently directly employed in Canadian automotive manufacturing. Solution: Rapidly pull forward the DIS. Dont wait until 2035. Start with: 1. Aerospace + autonomous systems (probably the biggest advanced-manufacturing opportunity in the world right now). Canada could conceivably build a C$10–20B+/year ecosystem. We built the first passenger jet (C102), the first operational drones (CL-89/289) and the first nd gen fighter (Avro Arrow). We can lead again. 2. Shipbuilding + maritime systems. Between submarines, surface combatants, icebreakers, autonomous maritime systems and decades of sustainment, this could support many billions of dollars annually. DRDC built the first autonomous submarine (Theseus) and the fastest experimental warship (Bras d'Or). We can lead again. 3. Munitions / missiles / energetics. This is potentially enormous if Canada becomes an exporter to the NATO alliance. We have more cellulose than any country on earth (BC and NB forests), and wide open spaces for production and testing of next gen munitions. The world's leading research institution on energetics (Purdue Energetics Research Center (PERC)) is co-led by a Canadian, Davin Piercey. Lets bring him back. Collectively, this is around $50-70bn annualized revenue (5X more than the current Canadian defence industry revenue today) and around 20bn shy of the current overall auto industry.