# Canada wants into Britain’s rapid-response defence club

https://mins.news/en/item/61764

- CBC News, 2026-09-16 22:39 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-britain-military-expeditionary-force-nato-9.7347144?cmp=rss

> Canada has formally applied to join the United Kingdom’s Joint Expeditionary Force, reversing a decision made more than a decade ago. The coalition, born from the Afghanistan war and reshaped after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, promises speed and flexibility while reviving questions about what Canada would actually be committing to.

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