Canadian Prime Minister Harper said today: "This partnership with the United States has many advantages. But it is a relationship of dependence, and we hope to actively change this dependence by enhancing our domestic defense capabilities and strengthening overseas partnerships."
Comment: For a long time, Canada has been highly dependent on the United States in terms of security, economy, and diplomacy. It may seem stable, but in reality, it has lost its independent space for negotiation. Harper openly pointed out that "this is a relationship of dependence," not to distance from the United States, but to strive for a more equal status within the alliance and more autonomous options; by enhancing defense and expanding global partnerships to diversify risks, it is the most realistic survival strategy for medium-sized powers in the era of great power competition.
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