{"id":677870,"date":"2026-05-18T17:13:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T17:13:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/677870\/"},"modified":"2026-05-18T17:13:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T17:13:15","slug":"u-s-says-its-pausing-long-standing-military-board-with-canada-national","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/677870\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. says it\u2019s pausing long-standing military board with Canada – National"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\t\t\t\tBy Kelly Geraldine Malone<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Canadian Press\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t\t\tPosted May 18, 2026 11:07 am<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t\t\t\tUpdated May 18, 2026 11:47 am\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

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The U.S. undersecretary of defence said Monday that the United States is pausing a long-standing military board, claiming \u201cCanada has failed to make credible progress on its defense commitments.\u201d<\/p>\n

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In a post on social media, Elbridge Colby said his department is pausing the Permanent Joint Board on Defense \u201cto reassess how this forum benefits shared North American defense.\u201d<\/p>\n

The board was established in 1940 and is an advisory forum for U.S.-Canada bilateral defence co-operation.<\/p>\n

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Colby said the United States can \u201ccan no longer avoid the gaps between rhetoric and reality\u201d in the post, where he shared a link to a transcript of Prime Minister Mark Carney\u2019s speech the World Economic Forum in Davos in January.<\/p>\n

Carney never mentioned U.S. President Donald Trump during the widely applauded speech where he described a \u201crupture in the world order.\u201d The address did garner the president\u2019s attention and following the speech Trump referred to Carney as \u201cgovernor.\u201d But Canada has not been the main target of Trump\u2019s ire in recent weeks.<\/p>\n

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With geopolitical uncertainty heightened by the conflict in Iran and closure of the Strait of Hormuz it\u2019s unclear what led Colby to announce the pause of the defence board with Canada.<\/p>\n

Carney has significantly increased Canada\u2019s defence spending, surpassing North Atlantic Treaty Organization targets.<\/p>\n

Former Conservative leader Erin O\u2019Toole called the move \u201cprofoundly misguided\u201d and said the timing was strange following Trump\u2019s trip to China.<\/p>\n

In a post on social media, O\u2019Toole says \u201cCanada has been and will be an ally that shares values of liberty.\u201d<\/p>\n

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