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May 22, 2026
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Canada falling short on defence spending, F-35 review, Pentagon official says - BNN Bloomberg
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WASHINGTON - The U.S. decision to suspend planned biannual defence talks with Canada follows deepening concern that Ottawa is failing to take steps to become a “credible” security partner, including by hiking military spending and completing a review of an F-35 fighter jet acquisition, a Pentagon official said on Thursday.
The Pentagon announced on May 18 it was “pausing” its participation in the U.S.-Canada Permanent Joint Board on Defence, the senior advisory body on North American continental defence established in 1940.
“Canada has yet to make the hard decisions and tradeoffs needed to p…
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