WASHINGTON – On Monday morning, the Pentagon’s senior defense strategist suspended the oldest bilateral defense institution in North American history and pointed the announcement at Mark Carney’s Davos speech — a four-month-old address the Canadian prime minister’s admirers had called Churchillian, and that Washington now treats as a case study in the gap between rhetoric and reality.
A strong Canada that prioritizes hard power over rhetoric benefits us all. Unfortunately, Canada has failed to make credible progress on its defense commitments. DoW is pausing the Permanent Joint Board on Defense to reassess how this forum benefits shared North American…
— Under Secretary of War Elbridge Colby (@USWPColby) May 18, 2026
As an aside, I went to to the Canadian War Museum site to learn a bit about the Permanent Joint Board on Defense and this nonsense greeted me:
Imagine that! A War Museum with displays that contain images and objects related to WAR! Mercy!
CBC’s take … Trump administration quits Canada-U.S. advisory board on defence
