[mapasj]

For starters, I don’t think America will hold Canadians hostage to be used as bargaining chips, like China did with the two Michaels.

[ranguna]

I wish that I had more exact knowledge and sources at hand to counter your example, but I don't. Not because they don't exist, but because at the moment the only source I can get with relative ease are these YouTube videos:

https://youtu.be/R5au74auD_k

https://youtu.be/jUGILxwkpVc

And the channel itself is pretty great.

So I do apologise for not getting a list of factual examples supporting the OP's statement, but your argument was not barely enough to make me disagree with the OP. On the contrary, I do agree with the OP very much.