Continued Cross-Border Hostility Risks Pushing Canada Into the Arms of the CCP

The United States should not want to create a hostile or compromised Canada, and Canada can’t afford to replace a democratic ally with a totalitarian one.

Canadian and American flags fly at the Peace Arch at the Canada-U.S. border in Blaine, Washington, on Aug. 9, 2021. Jason Redmond/AFP via Getty Images

Commentary

For the best part of my own lifetime and those of my parents and grandparents, Canada and the USA have enjoyed the best bilateral partnership in the democratic world. From NORAD to NAFTA, from shared sacrifice in war to shared prosperity in peace, the “undefended border” has symbolized not just geography but identity: two nations built on Anglo-constitutional traditions, free enterprise, and democratic norms.