Juno News - May 21, 2026


Trump administration suspends key defence ties with Canada


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Length

1 minute

Words per minute

177.73

Word count

216

Sentence count

9


Summary

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Join us as we discuss the latest move by the U.S. in order to force Canada to get on board the Joint Working Group on NATO's Permanent Joint Board on Defense (JRPDSD) and get Canada on board.

Transcript

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00:00:00.000 All right, what do you make of this latest move by the United States?
00:00:04.040 Well, from my perspective, this is a kind of a warning shot at the
00:00:07.800 Canadian government to actually get moving on, on defense and, and the
00:00:13.000 Canadian government's been, you know, taking its sweep, a good loving time
00:00:16.660 to do whatever it is that they're trying to do.
00:00:18.980 But the fact of the matter is the United States patients have run out and this has
00:00:23.060 been coming down through several administrations, you know, it started
00:00:27.140 with Obama and then, and, uh, Trump and then, then, uh, Biden and now back to Trump.
00:00:34.700 And so, you know, could Canada and the United States live without, uh, the
00:00:40.140 permanent joint board on defense?
00:00:41.840 Sure they could.
00:00:43.200 Do they really want to?
00:00:44.600 Well, that's, that's a bigger question.
00:00:46.220 Should it be reformed?
00:00:48.060 Uh, but you know, we can't live without NORAD.
00:00:51.740 Uh, it would be very difficult to be under the five eyes.
00:00:54.900 It would be very difficult to find our position in NATO, compromise even further, or a position in the G7.
00:01:02.620 So this is kind of the, this is ladder, the round one in the ladder of escalation for the Americans to tell Canada, you know, enough's enough.
00:01:12.380 Get on with it.