[agd]

I’m not sure it’s accurate to say Canada ditched the relationship, given that the US imposed massive tariffs and threatened to invade Canada.

[jorblumesea]

fair point, forced to break off ties

[thomassmith65]

This comment is 10 sentences long but lists not a single, specific example of Canada being a poor ally.

[pupppet]

What a load of BS, Canada is the best friend the US could ask for.

Remember in 2018 when Canada held Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou under a U.S. extradition request? It tanked Canada/China relations and had trade ramifications Canada is still feeling today.

[tharmas]

There are two things Canada is guilty of. 1) it spent far too little on its military 2) it trusted the Americans far too much by tying its economy so deeply with the USA.

If you subtract the oil purchased by the USA, Canada has a trade surplus with the USA. A trade surplus that's mostly comprised of finished goods. Canada sells raw materials to the USA and buys finished goods from them.

It is the United States that is the fake friend.

[embedding-shape]

> They are using the opportunity to enhance their own economy at the expense of the American people.

I mean, isn't that what the country is for? If the country did actions not for it's own citizens and residents, what kind of country are you?

[jorblumesea]

Being a good ally isn't just doing entirely what the US says the should do. The US needs to coordinate responses to China and work with allies to come to a shared understanding. How the current administration operates is assuming these allied country are fiefdoms. The economic situation in Canada isn't great, and the US could make it stronger, but refuses to.

The same feedback is largely true for most US allies. If you want people to decouple from China, you need to offset and fix the underlying reason they are trading with them.