I haven't heard or seen anything written, and that has led me to an initial hypothesis that we are becoming increasingly irrelevant to the thoughts of our allies, and I would include our friends in the Asia-Pacific region.
If, in fact, we had not developed the habit of saying good things.... We can say that “Strong, Secure, Engaged” made a whole host of very important promises that, if acted upon, would have been very useful.
The update that we had back in 2022 about modernization and the subsequent documentation have led me to conclude—since I'm not hearing anything from my contacts within NATO—that Canada is simply devolving itself out of any consideration.