Prime Minister Mark Carney said he would not “overplay the importance” of the Permanent Joint Board of Defense following the U.S. announcement it would be paused.
“It has a long heritage but I wouldn’t overplay the importance of this,” Carney said at an announcement in Quebec.
“We have many aspects of very close defence co-operation with the United States … There’s lots of co-operation we will continue to do so.”
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Carney also stated that Canada will “also be co-operating with other partners and diversifying our defence co-operation.”
Elbridge Colby, the U.S. undersecretary of defence, said the department is pausing the military board “to reassess how this forum benefits shared North American defense.”
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Colby said the United States “can no longer avoid the gaps between rhetoric and reality” in the post, where he shared a link to a transcript of Carney’s speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos in January.
The board was established in 1940 and is an advisory forum for U.S.-Canada bilateral defence co-operation.
Hey Dong Won, Who built the last pipeline to the west coast? I’ll give you a hint, JT.
@hospitals …yes FSJ looks and feels like a zombie apocalypse…ever since it was invaded by Albertans.
What board?
The only country stupid enough to ever attack us was the USA.
They lost.
Google Battle of Detoit. That was my fav.
@Albertas Proud: You are a liar. Check the Alberta license plates in Kamloops hospitals.
They hate Danielle the cancer expert.
Envious ? You need Jordan Petersons help!
Global pulled my full explanation for some reason…I’ll keep it simple. If you don’t like it here then move back! If it’s so terrible here than why did EVERY Albertan , ON THE PLANET, move here?!! Normally I would just show you guys pictures so you can understand but I’ll have to use words. Just keep ” pushing the broom” and don’t try to run the construction site.
BC residents are mainly envious of Alberta and have sour grapes because of their high taxes and high costs. Most BC residents that live close to the Alberta border want to become part of Alberta.
Everything the Murrikans say is a lie anymore and that is not going to change even when Chump goes. . Sharing information with them is a fool’s errand. Best not to allow them to know what we are planning and doing and work with sane, relaible partners.
It is obvious BC under under the Eby NDP is under a dramatic decline.
I think Bob Barker said it best….
Help control the conservative/Albertan population…
Have your conservative/ Albertan spayed or neutered !!!
Lee Wilker says he “heard” BC hospitals are closed on weekends.
That’s the kind of drooling imbecile trump attracts.
PP was seen in Detroit again according to a rumour.
Where is he?
Hiding in his taxpayer mansion?
And rednecks hate the PM?
David Archer shouldn’t use LSD below
If I was the USA, I wouldn’t want to deal with a country where the leader goes to China and proclaimed a New World Order, also a country that is infiltrated by Chinese Government agents in every level of government and buying up land and resources.
Carney has been humiliated on the world stage. Canada is no longer at the table and the USA is showing they are in charge, not Canada.
@BC Resident. I heard BC hospital ERs are closed on evenings and weekends. Socialism at its finest. Heading from Grande Prairie and travelling into NE BC it feels like entering a 3rd world country.
Is PP still alive?
I think someone saw him last week.
Alberta resident idiot thinks bankers are socialists now.
Phil Madsen is nuts. It’s the other way around. Check the Alberta license plates at the Kamloops hospital. LOL.
Danielle’s peeps are dying waiting in ERs.
@BC Resident
Proces and taxes are out of control in BC. I see all you BC resident comes into our province to make large purchases and to get away from your PST. Gas 30-40c cheaper in AB than BC.
I hope Alberta becomes a part of the honestly. So much better than being a part of Canada and under threat by the authoritarian socialist regime in Ottawa
You really have no idea what’s happening in your province, we blame several guys… they all have your attitude. Im from Ontario, I know more about your province then you do. You will have a conservative government next round lol save the planet he says…. well Millenial and Gen Z dont have kids because of that constant planet burning rhetoric. So we dont have to worry about “saving” we have to worry about starving and bugs in our food, fake meat, going to jail over hurty words…we cant afford to save the planet…you guys already did that I guess.
Well the Conservatives are currently forming a coalition overturn DRIPA and restore property rights, end two tier justice, get the addicts off the street, stop government drug dealing (i dont want my tax dollars getting people high), get rid of SOGI asap ( I dont want my tax dollars promoting the mutilation of children or anything that screams eugenics, completely reduce access to MAID (Eugenics).
Im really excited for the lawsuit coming out… something like over 10 children who were medically transitioned under the age of 16 are suing EVERYONE. Its going to be great, these kids deserve justice.
That’s what the conservatives are doing lol
What business will Eby be up to? Handing over a couple 1000 hectares to indigenous so China can by pass all regulation and do whatever they want in our country… … sounds like Eby.
Well the NDP actually has work to do tomorrow…what are the conservative up to ?
@so hip…so you blame one guy? That’s simple. Is there earth flat too?! Everything is surface with you guys. No depth whatsoever. And the drama…where’s the sky falling in BC. Seems the only gong show is in Alberta with people trying to sell out their own country?!
These boomer comments…coming from people who don’t believe the environment matters…want everything at their feet and want to take every last drop of oil…saving nothing for the future. Sounds like shouldnt throw rocks in glass houses. You blue ribbon folks ….having graduation ceremonies in kindergarten…then grade 1…then grade 2…really didn’t help your cause out. I do agree…uou guys really are up the creek…with no way out.
Another distraction to take everyone’s attention off the fact the liberals have done precisely zero over six-years to make any tangible improvement to the out-of-control cost of living, home market inflation, renovictions and wage stagnation.
I have to agree, boomers are selfish and entitled with stupid ideas . leaving nothing for the next generations
The true always hurts Davos speak was perfect on target Why they still hurting and using it for reason to do vengeance. So tipical of Mr DT
BC Resident, did you vote for David Eby too? How are you feeling about fee simple ownership being null and void? How do your children feel about that?
You had the booming industrial age where you pulled minerals and oil out of the ground with out a care hand over fist, low taxes, high wages, benefits and pensions that rise with inflation, you must have made out well in the past couple years with all that compound interest, then pulled up the ladder, got rid of all the jobs that provided you with such a good life.
You probably didn’t even need college. Anyways, the Millenials and Gen Z are over you and your war mongering and virtue signaling. The bill is coming.
Enjoy your Socialist bean and hot dog dinners in the overpriced longterm care facility… cause like I said, we cant afford you, you can alway get MAID another bright idea by your generation..Eugenics.
I’m sure pres Trump will come up with a better solution. Like the new Gordy Howe bridge. We give him a free passage and toll collection, and he’s still not satisfied until he finds a way to make a buck in hos greedy fat pockets.
The boomers worked …don’t blame them for the system change. Got news for you …the lack of work ethic and entitlement these other generations have ( whatever the hell you want to name them ) is their downfall…quit blaming the wrong people.
Conservatives sound like wives…complain and complain…ungrateful and entitled…yet the guy does all the work with little recognition. I got news for you conservatives…you’re not as cool and hip as you pretend to be.
So since Millenials and GenZ have NO intention of fighting a war against the largest super power in the world and getting slaughtered with heat seeking robots,drones and lasers, evidenced by the voting blocks (Younger Gens voted Conservative).
I guess we can send the older generation, we cant afford them anyways, they voted to give the Government their homes and cottages through home equity tax, primary residence tax, indigenous land back…
You go, you left us literally nothing to fight for. We dont even have jobs at Tim Hortons lol…. were not fighting for you.
USA can take Canada over at will. Nothing can stop it if Trump decides to annex Canada.
So ignore and pretend nothing is happening? LPC mantra for over a decade 🙄
carney is incompetent, and is corrupt
Carney trying to spin his failure to date as PM.
Carney is not PM material
🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕 carney
Carney prefers a military alliance with China and North Korea. He admire basic dictatorships.
Fine.. at this point anything to do with US is toxic until the kindergarter running the place down south leaves and we can talk to some adults.
These were bought by harper then canceled by JT then bought by JT then canceled by Carney, 3x the price later lets just buy them already. They are hands down the better aircraft and be honest canada cannot fight or defend itself without the USA we mine as well remain in lock step when we do. Throw a bone elsewhere with the subs just get that jet order in before we are speaking Chinese or Russian
Percent of this fuel then buy shares of the only company that makes it in Texas, this is what carney is, yes a banker, and do you trust the wolf of Wallstreet in bankers clothes? Maybe you shouldnt and why are all his investments in the USA
What countries are telling carney is, we want your oil and gas. Issue here is we are not competitive here either due to carbon taxes, tanker bans, you name it, no other oil producing country does this. Carney also wants carbon tariffs how is that going to bring in trade.
You got an eco conman with millions potentially billions of dollars invested in Brookfield and his own funds for green carbon tax trade and investing. This is why he’s here. Just like in his interviews he talks about getting rich forcing policy then getting a monopoly on say green jet fuel and require all planes coming into hathway to have a per
Ground work agreements….like MOU still nothing built?
Or framework of a deal, trump made dozens of these early on, no increase in trade or productivity for either country.
Here’s the real deal, we are already trading outside the USA about as much as we could before this happened, its not like nobody tried? Or like we will get more trade by asking ? Everyone tells carney the same thing, we already trade with you where it makes sense, we are oceans apart and that’s a competitive problem when a local supplyer could start up and undercut us just on shipping costs. There is no business case for Canada selling wood or EVs to EU India Australia where ever. There is no buisn
Is this just another arm twist to try and make Canada buy more American jets and weapons? If you can not trust who you are dealing with, the smart thing is to look somewhere else.
@MacNamara
Taking full advantage of AI, I see…
You said it yourself, unfettered immigration by 10 years of Liberal policy drove inflation through the roof. Carbon taxes that achieved absolute zero impact. Putting a halt to oil and gas….hundreds of millions wasted on
1) ArriveCan
2) Cerb
3) Green fund
4) EV Battery plants
Ask anyone from the UK about Carney’s time in office….he’s just another grifter….his loyalties are to Brookfield and nothing else.
Just like Trudeau, whose net worth was 10mil when he took office and now sits around 300mil, Carney will rape this country and move on once he’s made enough.
The bipolar orange haired toddler is being blocked at every turn so the child feels the need sow some further confusion and aggression in the hopes that someone will be weak enough to bow to him…..other than FIFA of course
All talk no action and nobody else to blame. We are doomed under this totalitarian regime!
Romper room in the comments. Always is when the left brigade have got their marching orders. 🦾
Wrong – it take ground work and agreements which he did secure. So in this climate with the US, what should Carney and Canada have done – really what do you think you could actually accomplish or better yet what you think PP could have done with his expansive skills and experience….in politics.
Buy our arms exclusively or we will continue to throw temper tantrums.
We need you to buy them since we aren’t allowed to sell them to Taiwan because Xi said so.
1) Carney has flown around the world for over a year to hang out but has brought back zero investment and has not increased trade outside the USA meaningfully
2) Canada has not made any meaningful strides towards being a power in energy or critical minerals since he took power. The focus on carbon trade for the be if it of brookfield will suck the air out of the room and make sure nothing happens here but massive generational debt building
3) There is still zero investor confidence in canada and Carney is throwing all kinds of money to put out forest but he can’t even sell a pipeline in Apberta because no one trusts the Liberal government
4) Carney has achieved nothing in Asia and the EU, no investment no increase in trade they just shove him out of the way and scramble to trump to beg for trade deals, we should try and get one too you think
5) Canada continues to shutter factories and shelters and wood mills Carney has done nothing to stop Honda and others from pulling out of EVs and all the $80BB invested in battery plants is lost wa wa waaaaa. The only thing he managed to do was open the back door to china to unload super cheap government subsidized EVs produced with forced labor to compete with any company in canada that wants in the sector. News flash no country can compete with China on EVs and green so how will Canada manage without coal power and forced labor
Carney was stunned. Whenever he went abroad, he would keep talking and stirring up trouble. Could Europe help him?Now you have the chance to see how Europe can help you.
People carney is a corporate sell out and a billionaire looking to funnel your tax dollars into Brookfield to enrich his own shares
People!!! Pierre, Danielle are the bootlicking sellouts
Anonymous, you must not be reading much. Carney has not been sitting on his hands and has more skill and experience in one hand than PP has in his whole body. Carney is also nothing like Trudea – who did more damage than you seem to remember – driving up immigration without proper oversight or a workforce strategy which contributed even more to inflation and housing challenges. Carney has done several things:
1. Diversifying Canada’s trade relationships beyond the U.S. Carney has made reducing Canada’s dependence on the American market a central economic priority. His government expanded trade and investment efforts with the European Union, Indo-Pacific countries, ASEAN nations, and India.
This matters because Canada remains highly vulnerable to U.S. tariffs, protectionism, and political instability. Broadening export markets helps reduce that risk.
2. Positioning Canada as a critical-minerals and energy superpower. Canada has aggressively promoted itself internationally as a stable supplier of LNG, uranium, lithium, nickel, copper, and rare earth minerals.
As Western countries try to reduce reliance on China and Russia for strategic resources, Canada has become more economically valuable to allies like Japan, South Korea, and Germany. This gives Canada stronger geopolitical and economic leverage independent of the U.S.
3. Restoring international investor confidence in Canada. Carney’s background as former governor of both the Bank of Canada and the Bank of England immediately increased Canada’s credibility with global investors and financial institutions. Internationally, Canada is increasingly viewed as politically stable, financially credible, and relatively predictable compared with several Western economies.
4. Building stronger economic and defence ties with Europe and Indo-Pacific allies. Carney has pushed Canada closer economically and strategically to Europe and key Indo-Pacific democracies. This includes defence cooperation, supply-chain agreements, infrastructure investment, and advanced manufacturing partnerships.
5. Promoting Canada as a destination for AI, clean tech, and advanced manufacturing. Carney has heavily marketed Canada internationally as a safe and stable place for AI development, data centres, battery manufacturing, clean technology, and advanced industrial investment.
So M, since many other countries are experiencing the same challenges (its a global impact) that Canada over the last decade caused that as well? If so maybe not stop looking back at hour history for only 10 years and look back during the Conservative Harper years as well.
Absolutely mindblowing that people think that Canada is in the position we’re in( high cost, censorship, lack of investment, high taxes etc) because of external threats. ITS OUR OWN GOVERNMENT over the last decade!
Ignoring Trump has gotten us far hu? If we lose the CUSMA agreement we lose 75-80% of the buyers for our goods, it would send Canada into the ranks of 3rd world countries. These liberal elbows up themes are imaginary, he doesnt ignore trump he hides from Trump. All this ill will going south of the boarder is going to end up with your grand children working mines or sewing clothes for Disney. Give head a shake.
Of course he did
I am sure his intellectually lazy and emotionally unstable supporters lapped it.up.as well
Great job ignoring trump and Netanyahoo’s war and concentrating on stuff Canada needs like Evs.
Carney’s at 67% today in the polls and no one gives a zhit what the trolls here bleat about.
James s…ahhh. thanks for info
Idiots here say Carney was elected to make deals with the azzhole down south. LOL!
Carney was elected because he isn’t PP!!!!
Hard to say but Carney might be more of a danger to Canada than Trudeau was. All Trudeau did was basically nothing productive. Carney has no business or military sense. First of all get over your little hissy fit and quit bad mouthing your best customer. The States doesn’t need us, but we need them. Also when the Russians come over the top looking at our north again, we willl be begging the States to come to our rescue. While Europe does its naval gazing exercises and fiddling while Rome burns procedure.
Mr. Carney, we elected you to get us a deal with the US. Maybe start earning the money we are paying you.
Lots of people here praising carney for his dealing with the US. I am truly curious, in your eyes what exactly has he done successfully?
I cant think of a single instance where carney had a win, everywhere he goes he loses money, power, and influence for Canada. But at least he controls the media so his drones will die defending his dung heap
PP does not have the ability to navigate this minefield that is Trump’s USA. Carney is doing a great job considering the economics and political environment that was created by the US. I’m glad we are putting more into relationships and business outside of the US – we need to diversify more and not be so lazy as to depend on the US as a partner or friend.
The USA has rejected Elbows Up Canada writ large. Carney is in the doghouse and just trying to spin this humiliation somewhere else.
Carney today reached 67%.
Strong leader.
PP? 31% lol…hiding in mansion still.
Lol…your worried about him? Alberta and Smith literally tried to sell the entire ship for peanuts for her own ” two bit” benefit!!! Conservatives…please just keep ” pushing the broom” and leave the rest up to the better parts of canada.!
James S is Peter Belinski the useless Russian troll too cowardly to enlist.
Could care less what Cornhole Carney says. So far his ‘word’ is worthless. So are all his deals and MOUs etc.
I’m am relatively alarmed at Canada’s position. We are highly vulnerable right now. Anything like this can be seen as a precursor to invasion. Lets not be naïve. Trump is insane enough to do that.
Carney has done nothing to strengthen Canadas position militarily. Or economically. Or anything for that manner.