Defence Minister David McGuinty says the question of irritants in Canada-U.S. defence talks is “maybe a bit of a misnomer” and the two countries are working together on shared initiatives like integrated air missile defence systems.

“We have an integrated defence system,” McGuinty said in an interview on airing Sunday morning. “We are active members of NORAD. It’s the only binational command in the world.”

McGuinty was asked by host Rosemary Barton about Canada’s ongoing review of its F-35 contract with U.S.-based Lockheed Martin — something the U.S. ambassador Pete Hoekstra has called an irritant — and whether it’s been raised by Secretary of War Pete Hegseth.

The minister said he recently met with Hegseth and “we spent a lot of time talking about a number of elements of areas wher

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