Depuis que le président Roosevelt et le premier ministre Mackenzie King ont annoncé leurs engagements communs quant à la défense du continent à Ogdensburg, le Canada a créé un partenariat institutionnel solide, que symbolise NORAD, le comité de coopération militaire et le conseil mixte permanent de défense, pour ne nommer que quelques-uns des plus de 400 accords, protocoles d'entente ou organismes bilatéraux de coordination de la défense entre le Canada et les États-Unis.
Since President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Mackenzie King announced their mutual commitments to continental defence in Ogdensburg, Canada has created a solid institutional partnership, symbolized by NORAD, the Military Cooperation Committee, and the Permanent Joint Board on Defence, just to name a few of the more than 400 defence agreements, memoranda of understanding, and bilateral fora for defence coordination between Canada and the U.S. However, this very cost-effective strategy designed explicitly to protect Canadian sovereignty has lost much of its drive over the past decade.