OTTAWA - Financial markets have picked up on the signals Ottawa is sending about rebuilding the military, a senior government official said Wednesday.

Stefanie Beck, deputy minister of National Defence, said she's never fielded so many queries from potential large investors.

"This is what we really like about the big change in mindset lately. I've never had so many banks come to see me, or pension plans," she told an industry crowd gathered in Ottawa Wednesday for a Canadian Global Affairs Institute procurement conference.

"Now with this market signal that's underway, there is definitely more funding available, more appetite for risk than has been in the past."

The federal government is moving to boost defence spending to levels not seen since the Cold War as it vows to consistently me

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