The Pentagon has suspended US participation in a longstanding joint defense body with Canada, escalating tensions between the two allies as the Trump administration accuses Ottawa of failing to meet military spending commitments. US Undersecretary of War Elbridge Colby announced that Washington is “pausing” its role in the Permanent Joint Board on Defense, a bilateral advisory structure on continental security cooperation created in 1940 during the early stages of World War II.

WASHINGTON - 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…

Ils affirment que «le Canada n’[a] pas réalisé de progrès crédibles concernant ses engagements en matière de défense».