After 80 years of advice, joint body’s work on North American defence as necessary as ever

Just as the Permanent Joint Board on Defence was born of the urgency of preparations to defend the homeland during war, its agenda seems to be a function of the gravity of purpose given external factors.

Retired Lt.-Gen. Chris Miller, left, and Liberal MP John McKay are, right, co-chairs of the Permanent Joint Board on Defence. Given the uneasy relationship with the U.S. these days, the PJBD is more essential than before, write Nicholas Glesby and Andrea Charron. Photograph courtesy of the United States Air Force Academy and The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY ANDREA CHARRON, NICHOLAS GLESBY

August 19, 2020

The Permanent Joint Board on Defence (PJBD), born of a joint press release issued on Aug. 18, 1940, is, in theory, the most important advice provider to the prime minister of Canada and president of the United States on matters related to the defence of North America. In practice, it deserves the pr...

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