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US suspends joint defence effort with Canada dating back to World War II
US suspends joint defence effort with Canada dating back to World War II
The Trump administration has frequently accused US allies of failing to live up to mutual defence obligations.
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Failed to make credible progress’, U.S. pausing long-standing military board with Canada:
The board was established in 1940 and is an advisory forum for U.S.-Canada bilateral defence co-operation.Colby said the United States can “can no longer avoid the gaps between rhetoric and reality” in the post, where he shared a link to a transcript of Prime Minister Mark Carney’s January speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos.
Carney never mentioned U.S. President Donald Trump during the widely applauded speech where he described a “rupture in the world order.”
The address did garner the president’s attention and following the speech Trump referred to Carney as “governor.” But Canada has not been the main target of Trump’s ire in recent weeks.
With geopolitical uncertainty heightened by the conflict in Iran and closure of the Strait of Hormuz it’s unclear what led Colby to announce the pause of the defence board with Canada.
Carney has significantly increased Canada’s defence spending, surpassing North Atlantic Treaty Organization targets.
‘Failed to make credible progress’: U.S. pausing long-standing military board with Canada
The U.S. undersecretary of defence said Monday that the United States is pausing a long-standing military board, claiming “Canada has failed to make credible progress on its defense commitments.”
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