The United States is stepping back from a long-running defence forum with Canada, in another sign that relations between the two neighbours are becoming harder to manage under Donald Trump’s second term.
On Monday, US Undersecretary of Defense Elbridge Colby said the Pentagon would halt participation in the Permanent Joint Board on Defense, a body created during World War II to coordinate continental security between the two countries.
Colby framed the move as a reassessment of whether the forum still serves US interests — and made clear that Washington sees Canada as falling short on defence.
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