Geoff Russ: Carney cozying up to China aligns us with those who would destroy us

China will not become a western aligned democracy that will respect our elections and institutions

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Prime Minister Mark Carney is going to China next week to discuss trade with President Xi Jinping, just as American power is moving hard and fast to curtail or eliminate Chinese influence in the Western Hemisphere. Canada has nothing to gain from isolating itself from the United States or the West in the short term, just to stick it to Donald Trump.

To be perfectly clear, the tariffs and mocking threats to annex our country are unjustified and unacceptable behaviour from a long-time ally. Politicians in Canada should not start tripping over each other trying to appease President Trump after every jab and rhetorical attack. They should stand up for Canada without hesitation.

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It is also deeply delusional to think of the Americas as some sort of shared neighbourhood when it comes to foreign policy. North and South America sit inside a U.S. security perimeter, and Washington has always insisted on primacy in the region. Canadians should understand that reality, and plan accordingly.

We have never been a geopolitical superpower, and deferred to Westminster or Washington since the fall of New France in 1763, when Britain took control of what became the Dominion of Canada.

The only thing approaching a break with this history was when Pierre Trudeau tried to pursue a more “independent” foreign policy. Let there be no mistaking what the left often means by an “independent” foreign policy, which is alignment with the so called “

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