; (4) cooperate extensively through a Tri-Command Framework comprised of the United States Northern Command (NORTHCOM), the Canadian Joint Operations Command (CJOC), and the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD); (5) work together as the only North American members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) to ensure peace and security in the transatlantic region; (6) support NATO’s deterrence and defense efforts, and their European Allies, through their roles as the Framework Nations for the NATO brigades in Latvia and Poland; (7) remain steadfast in their support for Ukraine, working together to provide critical military assistance and training to strengthen Ukraine’s capacity to withstand Russian aggression; and (8) share a long and storied history of civil space partnership between the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), and a Canadian will fly on the historic Artemis II mission around the Moon with NASA; Whereas Canada has been a committed ally in upholding the rules-based international order by promoting peace, resilience, and security in the Indo-Pacific through an augmented and diversified military presence; Whereas Canada has been a reliable and engaged partner of the United States in the Indo-Pacific by collaborating extensively with United States Indo-Pacific Command, including through bilateral and multilateral exercises, regional security cooperation and defense engagements, involvement in regional defense forums, and ultimately, through unwavering support of a free, open, and inclusive Indo-Pacific; and Whereas history, geography, commerce, security, and shared democratic values underpin a close relationship between the United States and Canada: Now, therefore, be it