Canada to join NATO Joint Expeditionary Force
Canada has applied to join the United Kingdom’s Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF), a coalition of ten NATO members set up to respond quickly to threats. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney announced the decision at a meeting with British counterpart Andy Burnham, reports CBC.
Canada has applied to join the United Kingdom’s Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF), a coalition of ten NATO members set up to respond quickly to threats. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney announced the decision at a meeting with British counterpart Andy Burnham, reports CBC.
Mr Carney described the unification as an important initiative and pointed to other defence ties with the UK. In particular, Canada joined as an observer in the program to develop a new generation fighter. However, the prime minister did not specify exactly how the country would participate in the JEF or what its membership would mean.
JEF was established in 2014 and unites ten countries: the UK, Denmark, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Norway, Finland, Sweden and Estonia. Britain has already offered Canada a military partnership, but the government of former Prime Minister Stephen Harper has refused.
