U.S. says it’s pausing long-standing military board with Canada
The Pentagon says Canada has not made credible progress on defense commitments, as the 1940 advisory forum is paused for reassessment.
- On Monday, Undersecretary of War Eldridge Colby announced the Pentagon is "pausing" participation in the Permanent Joint Board on Defence, an advisory body established in 1940 to coordinate North American continental defense.
- Colby cited Canada's failure to meet defense spending commitments, writing that the United States can "no longer avoid the gaps between rhetoric and reality," and linked the move to Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney's frequent statements about alliances other than the United States.
- Carney has significantly increased Canada's defense spending, surpassing North Atlantic Treaty Organization targets, yet the United States administration claims Canada has not made credible progress on commitments, according to Colby's posts on social media.
- Former Conservative leader Erin O’Toole called the move "profoundly misguided," while Imran Bayoumi, a former United States defense adviser, told CBC News that "cancelling it is a needless provocation that sends the wrong message to Ottawa and other United States allies."
- Amid broader tensions, including President Donald Trump's trade war and his calls for making Canada the 51st state, the board's future remains uncertain as officials reassess how the forum benefits shared North American defense.
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Pentagon pauses 86-year-old U.S.-Canada defense board over Canada’s defense spending
The Pentagon said Monday it will pause participation in the Permanent Joint Board on Defense, the principal strategic forum for Canada-U.S. defense cooperation, after accusing Canada of failing to contribute enough to its own defense.
The United States suspends the Canada-U.S. Standing Committee on Defence, deploring Canada's lack of "credible progress" in defence.
A senior U.S. Department of Defence official announced the suspension of the Permanent Joint Defence Commission with Canada.
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