shockedcanadian
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Will Dragonlady and friends blame me for this?
When a nation allows the perpetual, illegal and unaccountable abuse of its own citizens, it sends a message to other free nations "we no longer want the privileges associated with maintaining fidelity with civil liberties and human rights.
Anyone abusing our Charter and meddling in the rights of other citizens represents a national security threat.
Don't blame me. I'm just the Messenger, soon to be homeless, penniless and dead on the streets. For what? Ask the criminals who have convinced some in America they are the good guys.
If a nation becomes simply a plot of land where human rights and the Charter of Rights and Freedoms do not matter, why is the state going to invest to secure it? Who is going to volunteer? What is the nation fighting FOR?
Suddenly, the concept of a military is non-existent. It is viewed as a nuisance to the immense S.I.C that takes so much funding to prop up.
Israel and America understand what is at stake. As do Ukraine, Taiwan and Japan. S Korea to a lesser degree.
I will die a man, regardless of the efforts to destroy my spirit to strip me of that dignity.
ca.news.yahoo.com
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 on its defense commitments."
In a post on social media, Elbridge Colby said his department is pausing the Permanent Joint Board on Defense "to reassess how this forum benefits shared North American defense."
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.
Canada spent $63.4 billion on national defence in 2025, meeting its NATO commitment to spend two per cent of gross-domestic product on defence for the first time. Carney has called it the "single largest year-on-year increase in defence investment in generations."
Former Conservative leader Erin O'Toole called the U.S. move "profoundly misguided" and said the timing was strange following Trump's trip to China.
In a post on social media, O'Toole said "Canada has been and will be an ally that shares values of liberty."
The Permanent Joint Board on Defense was set up under the Ogdensburg Agreement with then-president Franklin Roosevelt to manage the defence partnership between Canada and the United States.
When a nation allows the perpetual, illegal and unaccountable abuse of its own citizens, it sends a message to other free nations "we no longer want the privileges associated with maintaining fidelity with civil liberties and human rights.
Anyone abusing our Charter and meddling in the rights of other citizens represents a national security threat.
Don't blame me. I'm just the Messenger, soon to be homeless, penniless and dead on the streets. For what? Ask the criminals who have convinced some in America they are the good guys.
If a nation becomes simply a plot of land where human rights and the Charter of Rights and Freedoms do not matter, why is the state going to invest to secure it? Who is going to volunteer? What is the nation fighting FOR?
Suddenly, the concept of a military is non-existent. It is viewed as a nuisance to the immense S.I.C that takes so much funding to prop up.
Israel and America understand what is at stake. As do Ukraine, Taiwan and Japan. S Korea to a lesser degree.
I will die a man, regardless of the efforts to destroy my spirit to strip me of that dignity.
U.S. says it's pausing long-standing military board with Canada
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 on its defense commi...
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 on its defense commitments."
In a post on social media, Elbridge Colby said his department is pausing the Permanent Joint Board on Defense "to reassess how this forum benefits shared North American defense."
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.
Canada spent $63.4 billion on national defence in 2025, meeting its NATO commitment to spend two per cent of gross-domestic product on defence for the first time. Carney has called it the "single largest year-on-year increase in defence investment in generations."
Former Conservative leader Erin O'Toole called the U.S. move "profoundly misguided" and said the timing was strange following Trump's trip to China.
In a post on social media, O'Toole said "Canada has been and will be an ally that shares values of liberty."
The Permanent Joint Board on Defense was set up under the Ogdensburg Agreement with then-president Franklin Roosevelt to manage the defence partnership between Canada and the United States.
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